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Piyush Srivastava Lucknow, December 27, 2011 | UPDATED 09:12 IST
Maya's 'hungry' jumbo gulps Central funds, says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul accuses the Maya govt of misusing the Centre's Bundelkhand package.
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi once again played his
favourite trope of the elephant gobbling up all the funds allocated by
the Centre for the development of Uttar Pradesh, while targeting
Mayawati at a rally on Monday.
Starting the third phase of his election campaign at Gandhi Degree
College grounds in Sidhauli assembly constituency of Sitapur district,
Rahul said: "Chief minister Mayawati has rightly said that the
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Food Security Act are not
enough to help the poor in UP. She said this because her elephant is
so hungry that it swallows all the money released for the people of
the state by the Centre."
Equating the BSP's election symbol with rampant corruption in the
state, the Gandhi scion said: "It is a magical elephant. You know that
the normal elephants eat only leaves. But this elephant of Mayawati
settles for nothing less than bank notes. It gulps the money of poor
people. While I am busy talking about job guarantee to youth across
the country, the BSP's elephant is giving you the guarantee that it
will keep on eating the funds released under the scheme."
He also criticised the BSP chief for trashing the Food Security Bill.
"Mayawati says that the Right to Food is of no use. She is correct.
She is preparing her elephant to eat several thousand crores of rupees
which the Centre will send to implement the scheme. Her elephant will
not let the money reach poor people," Rahul said.
"I am fighting for poor people. We have given you NREGA, Right to
Information, Right to Education and now Right to Food.... Trust my
intentions when I say that I will change the state in five years and
completely transform it in 10 years. I can develop UP on the lines of
Delhi and Maharashtra. You trusted other political parties for 22
years and got nothing. Now trust me and leave every problem for me to
solve," he added.
Rahul denounced the BSP chief for being a 'drawing-room' politician.
"She didn't visit Bundelkhand when farmers were committing suicide nor
go to Bhatta Parsaul when the lands of the farmers were confiscated by
the government and the police opened fire. But I went there. Mayawati
looks at you from a helicopter and believes all is well. I also travel
in helicopters. But I come down to the earth and spend nights with
you," he said.
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