To build a new and strong India, Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi has stresses for sought partnership with all sections of people. He was addressing an election rally here.
Rahul Gandhi said,"We want partnership with all, including industrialists, businessmen, workers, farmers, women and youth to build a new and strong India. We are willing to help everyone get education, jobs, healthcare, housing and equal rights."
He further said, "With technology, you have changed the perception of India in the eyes of the world. Even developed countries like the US, Britain and Germany endorse your success and admit that Indians were no less than anyone in technology."
"We (Congress and UPA) believe in social justice and swear by that India cannot become a super power unless its 700 million people are lifted above poverty and empowered to live a dignified life without discrimination on the basis of caste, creed and religion," he said.
Taking potshots at the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, which was in power in Karnataka for five years (2008-13), Gandhi lamented that its government squandered the people's mandate and turned a garden city like Bangalore into a garbage city.
"BJP netas (leaders) talk about India shining, Gujarat model of development and making the country a super power, but look the other way when they come to Karnataka where its government ruined the state, looted its mineral wealth (iron ore) worth Rs.100,000 crore and broke a world record in corruption that resulted in its former chief minister and a few cabinet ministers being jailed," he said.
(With inputs from IANS)
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