New Delhi: The INDIA bloc stopped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from stealing the popular mandate in Jharkhand, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday. Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is touring the eastern state.
Gandhi, flanked by new Jharkhand CM Champai Soren, said the BJP used money power and probe agencies. He said Gandhi and he are not scared of the BJP and would keep fighting what he called the divisive ideology.
The former Congress president said that while the earlier Bharat Jodo Yatra was against the “divisive agenda” of the RSS and the BJP, the current yatra is seeking justice for the people of the country.
He said the BJP tried to destabilise an elected government in Jharkhand.
He said the INDIA bloc didn’t let the party steal the mandate.
There is widespread injustice prevailing across the country, including “back-breaking price rise and increasing unemployment”. It is impossible for the youth to get employment in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India, he added.
Rahul Gandhi also blamed Narendra Modi’s government’s economic policies like demonetisation policy and “flawed GST” for “destruction of small and medium industries”.
He claimed the rate of unemployment in the country was the highest in 40 years.
Gandhi invited the people of Jharkhand to participate in the Yatra. He also took a jibe at PM Modi over his Mann ki Baat. “We listen to your Mann Ki Baat and not do our Mann Ki Baat,” he said.
Champai Soren became the chief minister of Jharkhand two days after his JMM boss Hemant Soren resigned and was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate.
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