AIZAWL: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that people have been killed for over five months in Manipur, but the Prime Minister does not find time to come to the state, and it is amazing to see that our government is so interested in what is going on in Israel. Gandhi, while addressing an election rally in Aizawl, said, “I really do not understand why the PM did not travel to Manipur. It's a shame for the leader of the country.” Referring to his visit to Manipur a few months ago, he said that the national media has stories after stories on the Middle East but no more on the ethnic crisis-ridden state. “Manipur is a symptom; you can see what happened in Manipur also reflecting other parts of India. Tribals, minorities, and Dalits are feeling uncomfortable under BJP rule, and this is an attack on the idea of India. “It is the duty of every single Indian to protect every single religion, every single culture, and every single Indian irrespective of religion,” the Lok Sabha member from Kerala’s Wayanad said, adding that the BJP attacks “your culture, your religion, your thoughts, and the ruling MNF (Mizo National Front) supports the BJP.”
Expressing his discontent over the drug menaces, Rahul Gandhi said that the drugs are spreading rampantly in Mizoram, and 259 young lives have been taken away by drug abuse in the state. He said that the young people of Mizoram are not getting jobs, so they are getting frustrated and turning to drugs. In the last five years, the MNF government has given only 2000 jobs, the Congress leader claimed. Noting that the Congress has worked for the development of Mizoram for the last many years, Rahul Gandhi said that with the signing of the Mizo peace accord in 1986, the transition from violent Mizoram to peaceful Mizoram had started.
Highlighting the Congress-led government’s performance in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, the former Congress President said that these governments have been implementing many beneficial schemes, from the health sector to women's welfare to education. Be it the social safety infrastructure in Karnataka, Rs 25L health insurance cover in Rajasthan, or the welfare of farmers and MSMEs in Chhattisgarh, our leadership in the states works with a vision, he stated. “Congress and the party-ruled government have been protecting farmers, small businessmen, workers, and poor wage-earners, but the BJP has been depriving and attacking them. GST has been designed to harm India's farmers and small traders.”
Urging the people to vote for the Congress, Rahul Gandhi said that the party respects every single person irrespective of their caste, religion, and creed, and the party has an ambitious vision for the state of Mizoram. (IANS)
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