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Mayawati is fooling people of Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi
Ashish Tripathi, TNN | Dec 27, 2011, 07.37PM IST
LUCKNOW: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that
after indulging in corruption for five years, Uttar Pradesh chief
minister Mayawati was now trying to fool the voters by removing
tainted ministers from the government.
"Whom is she trying to fool by removing four ministers from the
government when one month is left for elections? Was she not aware of
their corruption in the past five years?" asked Gandhi.
"When we sent money for health schemes, Mayawati divided the health
ministry into two and posted her trusted man Babu Singh Kushwaha to
loot the money. Now that Kushwaha has fallen out of favor, he is
running to Delhi for help," Gandhi said while addressing a public
meeting in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Gandhi also questioned Mayawati's credentials as a Dalit leader and
said that when he went to drought-stricken Bundelkhand where the
Dalits were suffering the most, they wanted to know why their leader
had not even bothered to pay them a visit.
"I told them that if you think she is your leader, you should question
her absence in your hour of crisis," he said and added that finally he
took a delegation of people from Bundelkhand to the prime minister who
took barely two days to send a package of Rs 3000 for the region.
"But the money never reached them because the magic elephant (BSP's
election symbol) consumed it,"
Gandhi said that time had come for a change and it was up to the
people to usher in this change. He said that the people of UP have
wasted 22 years but now they should give five years to the Congress
and see the difference.
Gandhi said that he was not here merely to win elections. "I am here
to change UP and I will not move out until it has changed," he said.
The Congress general secretary said that in 2004 the Congress had
promised a government of aam aadmi and the fulfilled its promise.
"As a result the country showed signs of development. The poor,
farmers, common man, businessmen, industrialists all contributed and
our country developed. We made only a single promise -- that the
government would work for the common man and we have lived up to it",
he said.
Gandhi said that the UPA introduced MNREGA which provided right to employment.
"When MNREGA was launched, Mayawati said that it would not serve any
purpose. She was right because MNREGA did not work in UP because her
elephant gobbled up the money. Today, in other states, MNREGA has
benefited millions across the country and has changed the lives of so
many people. It has given them employment and self respect. Now that
we are bringing the food security bill, and she says that it is
impractical. The bill will ensure that no one goes hungry and she says
it is impractical," he said.
Gandhi said that Uttar Pradesh is responsible for the development of
other states because labourers from here work in states like Haryana,
Maharashtra, Delhi and even Ladakh. He said that he was often
ridiculed by other parties for visiting homes of the poor.
"The Opposition calls my visit a `drama' but I can assure you that I
would continue to do so because I learn about the ground realities
from those visits," he said.
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