Modi only working for top class industrialists: Rahul

Mathura/New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday again accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "working" for "top class" industrialists, who had "supported" him during the election.
"Modi has waived Rs 1.10 lakh crore of 15 industrialists because they supported him during the election," he alleged, adding you (Modi) are the prime minister of the entire country and not just of industrialists. Addressing a public gathering here during his Kisan Yatra, he demanded waiver of farmers' loans, reduction in power tariffs by 50 per cent and increase in support prices of produce of farmers.
Accusing Modi of not fulfilling his promises, Rahul asked, "Has Rs 1.5 million been transferred to your account? Has he kept his promise of providing jobs to two crore unemployed youths every year?"
"The Congress, during its regime, waived of Rs 70 billion loans of farmers," he said.
"Because employment scheme MGNREGA of the United Progressive Alliance government was stopped and loan of the farmers are not being waived off, the market is at almost stand still," he claimed.
"During the UPA rule crude oil rates were at 140 dollar per barrel and now it is only 40 dollar per barrel. The huge balance due to difference in crude rates are kept in the government's account and it can be utilised for various people oriented schemes," he said.
Demanding more pay for all three wings of the armed forces, Rahul said, "All three wings of the forces have rejected an offer given to them under 7 th Pay Commission. Apart from the armed forces the paramilitary forces should also be given higher pay." He claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are creating differences on basis of caste and creed while Congress works toward uniting the country. "Every citizen, irrespective of cast, creed and colour must feel that the country is his, and he can transform his dreams into reality," he added.
Meanwhile, the BJP on Saturday claimed that Rahul Gandhi's ongoing 'Khat Sabha' campaign in the north Indian Uttar Pradesh state had completely "flopped" and he was left with no option but levelling "unfounded" allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Its attack on the Indian National Congress vice-president came as he continued with his criticism of Modi for "doing nothing" for the farmers and waiving loans of "a few industrialists close to him", a charge rejected by the saffron party. "In reality, his 'Kisan Yatra' and 'Khat Sabha' in Uttar Pradesh have completely flopped. People have become disillusioned with him and are missing from his rallies. Rahul Gandhi has been left to do nothing but level unfounded allegations against Modi," BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma said here.
Describing the Gandhi scion as the "biggest example of non-serious and negative politics" in the country, he claimed that Modi was working to sort out the problems facing the country, following the 60-year-rule of the Congress. "The whole world is praising Modi for the developmental work his government has done, besides economic reforms and it is working in the direction of wiping out terrorism and corruption and is drawing support from everybody," Sharma said.
He cited the crop insurance scheme and the soil health card project of the government as also its plan to double the income of the farmers by 2022 to underscore its "pro-farmer" credentials and alleged that Rahul Gandhi could not see them due to his "Italian glasses".