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This story is from October 15, 2018

Educate girl child and save her from BJP leaders, says Rahul Gandhi

Educate girl child and save her from BJP leaders, says Rahul Gandhi
DATIA: AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ruling BJP over increasing offences against women. While he directly accused the PM and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for shielding the Unnao rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger, the Congress national president stopped short of naming minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar for the recent #MeToo sexual harassment controversy.
“Wherever the Prime Minister went, in his speeches he mentioned Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao (Educate the girl child, save the girl child).
I liked that slogan,” Rahul Gandhi said addressing a gathering at Datia town in the Chambal areas on Monday. “But in Uttar Pradesh, there is a BJP MLA who raped a girl and chief minister of the state tried to protect him. The Prime Minister gave so many speeches but did not speak a single word on the incident. I asked the Prime Minister to address the country on the issue of atrocities against women but he remained mum.”
Rahul Gandhi claimed that the BJP does not mean what it says in its slogan for the girl child. “The true slogan for the BJP is different. The slogan should be Beti Padhao aur Beti ko BJP neta se Bachao (Educate the girl child and save her from BJP leaders). In MP and throughout the country, women are in a lot of pain,” he said.
The Congress president on Monday addressed two public meetings– one in Datia town and the second in Dabra, Gwalior district. On the dais was state PCC chief Kamal Nath, state election campaign committee chairman Jyotirdaitya Scindia, MPs Kantilal Bhuria and Rajmani Patel and former Union minister Suresh Pachauri.
Rahul Gandhi then went on to say that Dalits too have suffered in BJP rule. He said, “Rohith Vemula wanted to study but was crushed to death. In Gujarat, Dalits were beaten to death and the Prime Minister said nothing. There are rising offences against tribals and minorities. The Prime Minister has no space for women and deprived classes in his heart. For him it is only Mehul Bhai (Mehul Choksey), Nirav Bhai (Nirav Modi), Lalit Bhai (Lalit Modi), Vijay Bhai (Vijay Mallya). But has he ever called a poor farmer bhai. If you don’t wear suit-boot, then you are not the PM’s bhai.”

He also claimed the Centre has waived Rs 3,50,000 crore bank loans of powerful industrialists. “I went to meet the PM once in his office two to three years ago. Check the records and you will find I went to meet him just that one day. Why? To speak to him about farmers and agricultural loans,” Rahul Gandhi said. “I said farmers of UP, MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh are asking for loan waiver. If huge loans of industrial houses can be waived, Rs 70,000 crores would be enough to write-of farm loans.”
The Congress president said the PM remained silent and did not speak a word. He then spoke on Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya and Anil Ambani being given the Rafale deal. He said that if Congress comes to power it would not only waive farm loans but give bank loans to medium and small traders instead of big industrialists so that lakhs of people can get employment. “Congress wants to run the government taking suggestions and involving people. This country has been built by its people and not by one man,” he added.
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