Published: May 18, 2010 20:48 IST | Updated: May 19, 2010 01:55 IST
LUCKNOW, May 18, 2010
Congress will defeat BSP in 2012: Rahul
Special Correspondent
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday declared that the
ruling Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh would taste defeat at the
hands of his party in the 2012 Assembly elections.
Mr. Gandhi scotched rumours of a tie-up between the Congress and the
BSP in the light of the latter's support to the UPA government on the
cut motion in Parliament. There would be no understanding between the
two parties, he said.
The Amethi MP alleged that dalits were unhappy in the present regime.
Whenever he asked them about the functioning of the State government
during his visits, they said, "yahan to sarkar nahin hai" (the
government is non-functional here), he said.
There would be no compromise on the State's development and youth
would emerge as the fulcrum of the impending change, he said. He was
ready to be at the vanguard of the struggle to bring about a regime
change. "This government will go, but the future of the State is a
relatively bigger issue than mere defeat of the BSP."
Addressing a public meeting at Ahraura in Mirzapur district on
Tuesday, his second in the State since the launch of the Congress
"sandesh yatras" on April 14, Mr. Gandhi said thousands of crores was
given to the State in the form of Central funds. But the money was not
put to good use and the benefits of the central measures were not
reaching the poor. The State government's record on implementation of
welfare schemes and providing power and employment was dismal. The
Mayawati regime's stand that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Programme would not benefit the poor was not
right.
The power units in the Mirzapur-Sonebhadra region supplied electricity
to the entire State, but the villages here were given barely five to
six hours of power supply. Compared to U.P., which had a population of
18 crore, Punjab with a population of just 3 crore was generating more
electricity.
Mr. Gandhi said the State people had rejected politics based on
religion pursued by the BJP and caste politics pursued by the
Samajwadi Party and the BSP. "U.P. of the last 20 years has to
change," he said.
Mr. Gandhi also pointed out that U.P. was the biggest power-bloc in
India and if it prospered, the nation would progress.
"U.P. has the power to change the equations in the country, but the
first step is to enforce a change in the State."
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