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Mayawati ignores common man, promotes corrupt: Rahul
Submitted by admin4 on 15 February 2012 - 8:25pm
By IANS,
Lucknow : As Uttar Pradesh voted in the third phase of assembly polls
Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi kept up his attack on Chief
Minister Mayawati in his maiden rally at the state capital, accusing
her of neglecting the common man.
Addressing an impressive crowd at the DAV College grounds in the
crowded Moti Nagar locality, he made a passionate appeal to them to
vote the Congress party to power.
"If you want to change Uttar Pradesh and put Uttar Pradesh on the fast
track like Congress-ruled states, rise and vote for Congress," he said
amidst cries of "Rahul tum sangharsh karo; hum tumhare saath hain"
(Rahul you lead the struggle; we are with you).
He hit out at the ruling Bahuijan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party
(SP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for doing "lip service through
their false promises".
In a melodramatic gesture, he even tore off a sheet of paper with
something written on it to convey how poll promises made by those
parties were meant to be treated.
"Whenever there is an election, these political parties go to town
making all kinds of promises, which they never intend to fulfil. That
is the reason these promises deserve what I am doing," he said while
tearing the sheet of paper and flinging it in the air.
Dressed in his usual white kurta-pyjama and sporting an unkempt beard,
he said people being forced to migrate due to lack of employment
opportunities in Uttar Pradesh.
He said the Metro in Delhi was constructed by workers from Uttar
Pradesh and they also played a vital role in agriculture in Punjab and
Haryana.
"He (the worker) eats half a meal but keeps working. He falls sick but
works and one day passes away," he said.
Hitting out at Mayawati, Gandhi said: "Your leaders do not come to
you. They do not talk to you ... How can they talk of development."
Earlier, he also addressed a rally at Bakshi-ka-Talab, one of the
rural assembly constituencies on the outskirts of the city.
"It is after a gap of 22 years that the Congress is in the thick of
the electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh. This fight is aimed at
building a new Uttar Pradesh in order to provide a future for the
people of this state who have remained a target of neglect for more
than two decades," he said.
Attacking the BJP for playing "politics of religion", he charged SP
and BSP of "playing up caste only to serve their short sighted vested
interests".
"The BJP came (to power) four times. It did nothing. It took name of
Lord Ram but did nothing. The Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi
Party came and sought votes on caste. They did nothing," Gandhi said.
Rahul proposes to go a road-show in Lucknow Thursday.
Voting will be held here Sunday in the fourth phase of poll that shall
cover 56 constituencies. The seven-phased poll in Uttar Pradesh ends
March 3. The results would be out March 6.
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