Congress gave you MGNREGA, scholarships; BJP took away your land: Rahul to tribals in Gujarat
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MAHUVA (Gujarat): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday mentioned he felt the ache of farmers, youth and tribals after assembly them throughout his Bharat Jodo Yatra and accused the BJP of drawing up plans to displace adivasis by handing over forests to industrialists as he hit the marketing campaign path in Gujarat 10 days forward of the primary section of Assembly polls.
Addressing his first rally in Gujarat after the announcement of the Assembly ballot schedule, Gandhi asserted tribals are the primary house owners of the nation, however the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was working to remove their jungles and hold their youngsters away from trendy schooling.
The Congress MP took a break from his Bharat Jodo Yatra, at present passing by means of Maharashtra, and travelled to Gujarat, the place he addressed a gathering of tribals at Mahuva in Surat district in assist of his occasion, which is looking for to finish its practically three-decade stint within the opposition within the BJP-ruled state within the subsequent month’s Assembly polls.
Gandhi mentioned his 3,570-km yatra, which began from Tamil Nadu on September 7, was for the unity of the nation and in the course of the cross-country foot-march he felt the ache of farmers, youth and folks from the tribal neighborhood after listening to their issues.
Sharing his expertise of the yatra up to now, the Congress chief mentioned he felt unhappy whereas speaking to farmers, youth, and tribals.
Farmers shared their expertise of not getting correct price of their produce, crop insurance coverage cash or their loans not getting waived, whereas youth talked about remaining unemployed and failing to understand their desires.
“They (BJP) call you ‘vanvasi’ (forest dwellers). They do not say you are the first owners of India, but that you live in the jungles. Do you see the difference? It means they do not want you to live in cities, see your children becoming engineers, doctors, learn to fly planes, speak English,” he mentioned on the rally at tribal-dominated Mahuva.
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Further attacking the ruling occasion, the Lok Sabha member from Kerala alleged it needs to maintain tribals away from trendy well being and schooling amenities.
“They want you to live in the jungles, but do not stop there. After that, they start taking away the jungles from you. If it continues like this, then in another 5 to 10 years, all the jungles will be in the hands of 2 to 3 industrialists, and you will have no place to live, get no education, health and job,” Gandhi mentioned.
Recalling a youngsters’s guide a couple of tribal child that his grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi, gave him when he was a baby, the Congress chief mentioned she launched the guide because the one about tribals, the actual house owners of India.
Gandhi mentioned she instructed him if you wish to perceive India, you should perceive tribals, their lives, their relations with water, jungle and land (jal, jungle, jameen).
“She used the word, “adivasi,” for tribals, meaning those who have stayed here for the first time. I am telling you that you are the first owners of the country. The country has been taken away from you,” he mentioned.
The phrase “Adivasi” means the nation belongs to tribals and they need to get their rights on this nation — like employment and well being to them and their youngsters, Gandhi mentioned.
“‘Vanvasi,’ on the other hand, means all that belong to you should be given to 2 to 3 industrialists, and you get no education, heath and any other rights,” the previous Congress president mentioned.
Further concentrating on the BJP, he mentioned legal guidelines launched by the Congress when in energy prior to now on the Centre for the advantage of the tribal neighborhood have been by no means carried out in states dominated by the saffron outfit.
In truth, they labored to weaken vital legislations just like the PESA Act (Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, the Land Acquisition Act and Forest Rights Act, amongst others, he claimed.
“These were revolutionary laws to return water, land and jungle to you. We gave you MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ), jobs, scholarships, rights on land. They (BJP) did not do so. In fact they only took away your land from you,” the Congress MP mentioned.
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He mentioned at a time when individuals discuss in regards to the setting and large conferences are held the place delegates from all around the world meet to debate inexperienced points, tribals know in regards to the topic greater than any of those leaders.
“You can teach them about water, land and jungles, and the work of a leader or a government is to listen to you,” he mentioned, wooing tribals, a key bloc of voters for the opposition occasion.
Gandhi mentioned lakhs of individuals, together with farmers, unemployed youths, ladies, tribals, Dalits, backward neighborhood members and minorities walked with him in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“If someone is left behind, everyone comes forward to help him. It is a yatra of love and everyone is included. Nobody asks what is your caste, religion, which language you speak, your age, whether you are old, young, woman or man — nobody asks these questions,” he mentioned.
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He mentioned the yatra was impressed by Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in Gujarat.
Gandhi mentioned he felt feelings of happiness in addition to unhappiness in the course of the unity march.
“Sadness is experienced while talking to farmers, youths, tribals. Farmers do not get proper rate (of agri products), insurance money, their loan is not waived. Youths are unemployed, their dream is breaking. Someone wants to become an engineer, his parents spend money on his education, but he is working as a labourer (after getting degree),” he mentioned.
LIVE: Public Meeting | Surat | Gujarat#CongressAaveChe https://t.co/ysE6hyPCq6
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 21, 2022
The Congress MP maintained how a youth named Ram joined the yatra on Sunday night and hugged him and began crying.
“He said he lost his entire family due to the coronavirus and he was left alone. He said he was unemployed and didn’t see a way out,” Gandhi mentioned.
“He is not alone, there are lakhs of such youths in the country. When you talk to tribals, they say their land is being snatched away. They are being displaced without being told anything and some industrialists are given our land without any compensation,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Voting to elect a brand new 182-member Gujarat Assembly shall be held in two phases — December 1 and 5 — and ballots shall be counted on December 8.
MAHUVA (Gujarat): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday mentioned he felt the ache of farmers, youth and tribals after assembly them throughout his Bharat Jodo Yatra and accused the BJP of drawing up plans to displace adivasis by handing over forests to industrialists as he hit the marketing campaign path in Gujarat 10 days forward of the primary section of Assembly polls.
Addressing his first rally in Gujarat after the announcement of the Assembly ballot schedule, Gandhi asserted tribals are the primary house owners of the nation, however the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was working to remove their jungles and hold their youngsters away from trendy schooling.
The Congress MP took a break from his Bharat Jodo Yatra, at present passing by means of Maharashtra, and travelled to Gujarat, the place he addressed a gathering of tribals at Mahuva in Surat district in assist of his occasion, which is looking for to finish its practically three-decade stint within the opposition within the BJP-ruled state within the subsequent month’s Assembly polls.
Gandhi mentioned his 3,570-km yatra, which began from Tamil Nadu on September 7, was for the unity of the nation and in the course of the cross-country foot-march he felt the ache of farmers, youth and folks from the tribal neighborhood after listening to their issues.
Sharing his expertise of the yatra up to now, the Congress chief mentioned he felt unhappy whereas speaking to farmers, youth, and tribals.
Farmers shared their expertise of not getting correct price of their produce, crop insurance coverage cash or their loans not getting waived, whereas youth talked about remaining unemployed and failing to understand their desires.
“They (BJP) call you ‘vanvasi’ (forest dwellers). They do not say you are the first owners of India, but that you live in the jungles. Do you see the difference? It means they do not want you to live in cities, see your children becoming engineers, doctors, learn to fly planes, speak English,” he mentioned on the rally at tribal-dominated Mahuva.
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Further attacking the ruling occasion, the Lok Sabha member from Kerala alleged it needs to maintain tribals away from trendy well being and schooling amenities.
“They want you to live in the jungles, but do not stop there. After that, they start taking away the jungles from you. If it continues like this, then in another 5 to 10 years, all the jungles will be in the hands of 2 to 3 industrialists, and you will have no place to live, get no education, health and job,” Gandhi mentioned.
Recalling a youngsters’s guide a couple of tribal child that his grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi, gave him when he was a baby, the Congress chief mentioned she launched the guide because the one about tribals, the actual house owners of India.
Gandhi mentioned she instructed him if you wish to perceive India, you should perceive tribals, their lives, their relations with water, jungle and land (jal, jungle, jameen).
“She used the word, “adivasi,” for tribals, meaning those who have stayed here for the first time. I am telling you that you are the first owners of the country. The country has been taken away from you,” he mentioned.
The phrase “Adivasi” means the nation belongs to tribals and they need to get their rights on this nation — like employment and well being to them and their youngsters, Gandhi mentioned.
“‘Vanvasi,’ on the other hand, means all that belong to you should be given to 2 to 3 industrialists, and you get no education, heath and any other rights,” the previous Congress president mentioned.
Further concentrating on the BJP, he mentioned legal guidelines launched by the Congress when in energy prior to now on the Centre for the advantage of the tribal neighborhood have been by no means carried out in states dominated by the saffron outfit.
In truth, they labored to weaken vital legislations just like the PESA Act (Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, the Land Acquisition Act and Forest Rights Act, amongst others, he claimed.
“These were revolutionary laws to return water, land and jungle to you. We gave you MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ), jobs, scholarships, rights on land. They (BJP) did not do so. In fact they only took away your land from you,” the Congress MP mentioned.
ALSO READ | Gujarat Assembly polls: ‘Son’ rise in 20 seats as BJP, Cong discipline dynasts
He mentioned at a time when individuals discuss in regards to the setting and large conferences are held the place delegates from all around the world meet to debate inexperienced points, tribals know in regards to the topic greater than any of those leaders.
“You can teach them about water, land and jungles, and the work of a leader or a government is to listen to you,” he mentioned, wooing tribals, a key bloc of voters for the opposition occasion.
Gandhi mentioned lakhs of individuals, together with farmers, unemployed youths, ladies, tribals, Dalits, backward neighborhood members and minorities walked with him in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“If someone is left behind, everyone comes forward to help him. It is a yatra of love and everyone is included. Nobody asks what is your caste, religion, which language you speak, your age, whether you are old, young, woman or man — nobody asks these questions,” he mentioned.
READ | Some individuals are doing foot march to get again to energy: PM Modi’s dig at Rahul Gandhi
He mentioned the yatra was impressed by Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in Gujarat.
Gandhi mentioned he felt feelings of happiness in addition to unhappiness in the course of the unity march.
“Sadness is experienced while talking to farmers, youths, tribals. Farmers do not get proper rate (of agri products), insurance money, their loan is not waived. Youths are unemployed, their dream is breaking. Someone wants to become an engineer, his parents spend money on his education, but he is working as a labourer (after getting degree),” he mentioned.
LIVE: Public Meeting | Surat | Gujarat#CongressAaveChe https://t.co/ysE6hyPCq6— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 21, 2022 The Congress MP maintained how a youth named Ram joined the yatra on Sunday night and hugged him and began crying.
“He said he lost his entire family due to the coronavirus and he was left alone. He said he was unemployed and didn’t see a way out,” Gandhi mentioned.
“He is not alone, there are lakhs of such youths in the country. When you talk to tribals, they say their land is being snatched away. They are being displaced without being told anything and some industrialists are given our land without any compensation,” the Congress chief mentioned.
Voting to elect a brand new 182-member Gujarat Assembly shall be held in two phases — December 1 and 5 — and ballots shall be counted on December 8.
