Lucknow: While addressing the Congress Pratigya Virtual Maharally, Congress National General Secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi said that the religion of the leader is to serve the public. But all these leaders have forgotten this religion. When you were in trouble, all this did not come out, nor did you ask how are you, then the people of Congress were helping people on the streets. BJP leaders say what did Congress do in 70 years? Had the Congress not made it, would the BJP have sold it? Who made the BJP government, the port companies, all the institutions that it is selling?
Targeting the BJP, he said that the capitalists to whom all the property is being sold, they do not create employment. Employment is created from PSUs and from small scale industries, all the companies are being sold to two people and the plan is to sell the remaining ones to them as well.
He said that Congress is a party which has worked and today it is seeking your support on the basis of its work. About 1.12 lakh people joined the virtual Maharally through Projector / Self / Laptop / TV in 197 Vidhan Sabhas of the state at streets, nooks, squares, shops, offices. Along with this, lakhs of people participated in the Baghual Maharally on social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
The Congress General Secretary said that the whole party is coming in front of you in the election. At the time of elections, all the leaders are coming and campaigning something or the other. In the last 3 years, I have been to almost all the districts of UP on one occasion or the other, I have met youth, women, met people from Dalit class, met people of middle class, met all the people of UP, most of them are telling the same. That in the last 5 years there was no development under BJP rule.
Solution for unemployed youth “Recruitment Legislation”
He said that the biggest problem of youth in Uttar Pradesh is unemployment. There are youths who have lost many years of their life but are not getting employment. All the youth are unemployed, go to any city, there are educated children, parents like you worked hard to educate them with their blood and sweat, they have qualifications, but they are not getting employment. There are lakhs of youths who are waiting for jobs since years. In this government, pending examinations are canceled, papers are being leaked, youth are trapped in the maze of unemployment, still waiting for jobs because they spent their money in preparing for examinations, worked hard, then there would have been hope. That will get employment. 12 lakh posts are lying vacant in UP but youth are not getting employment. Government is not giving jobs. We have made a complete blueprint that how the recruitment process will be, the recruitment process will be made transparent, an examination calendar will be made. The rules of every recruitment will be transparent and a recruitment commission will be formed for monitoring. To start his business, the youth will be given a loan of 5 lakhs at 1% interest.
Congress solved the problem of stray cattle in Chhattisgarh
The Congress General Secretary said that- I met the farmers and came to know that earning their livelihood has become difficult. The farmer is suffering from the inflation of electricity bills, petrol and diesel, he is troubled and is unable to earn. He does not get the right price for his crops. In this situation, Isan went to Lalitpur in what to do and met the family of such farmers, whose family earners were standing in the line of fertilizer. He stood in line, because he was afraid that he would go home, there would be no manure to eat, take rest.
The BJP government brought three black laws for the farmers. If the farmers had not agitated for one year and elections would not have come at the end of that movement, then I can tell you with confidence that no change would have taken place. Modi ji does not apologize to you by shedding false tears in front of you, today the biggest problem of the farmer of Uttar Pradesh is that of stray cattle, today cows are dying in the sun due to lack of fodder in gaushalas. For the first time in this election, BJP is talking about stray animals. We sent this government in writing in 2019 to do something to solve this problem but did not listen to us. You know that the Congress government in Chhattisgarh made such a good plan to solve this problem, we started buying cow dung for Rs 2 a kg in Chhattisgarh and people stopped leaving the animal stray. If the Uttar Pradesh government here had made a plan, stray animals would not have become such a big problem.
Women are being atrocities on atrocities, he said that today women are being tortured in Uttar Pradesh. Everywhere I go, I meet women who have been tortured. The first thing I am told is that the Didi administration did not help us with the police. The one who persecuted is being helped. When we go to file a report, it is refused. I went to Arun Valmiki’s house in Agra, he had a one month old son, took him to the police station. He was beaten up for three days and inflicted such wounds that he could not even speak about it. He died in police custody at the police station. The BJP feels that a free cylinder has been given to women and their responsibility is over, will a cylinder empower women? How will they be empowered to become self-reliant without being educated? Don’t you want your daughter to be capable and empowered? This cannot happen from a single cylinder. If a woman wants to be empowered, first of all she needs her education, employment for her, security for her. Then she will be able.
Congress is talking about employment and development of UP. He said that all the political parties are there. Everyone is playing on the same chessboard, be it BJP, Samajwadi Party or BSP, when everyone comes to ask you for votes, they talk about religion, caste, communalism, try to stir up your feelings on the basis of religion, on the basis of caste. But try to stir up your feelings. Solutions to reduce atrocities on women by providing jobs, empowering women, protecting dalits are not talking about reducing inflation. In Uttar Pradesh, Modi ji was saying one day that thousands have become lakhpatis. I go from village to village, I go to district to district. I do not see any, on the contrary, the millionaires are getting poorer. I am seeing that the politics that exists is only and only for the big industrialist friends of Modi ji, his politics runs for him, his media also runs for him.
Priyanka Gandhi further added- I say that those who talk about caste-religion in front of you, talk about fighting with each other, it is of no use to you. It benefits them. You are everyone’s family. Can you tell if the head of the family fights between brothers and sisters? If we fight amongst ourselves, how will development happen? Congress party is talking about employment and development.
If you will be able, then you will ask questions, he said that what are the circumstances today. It is the gift of BJP. Today you are waiting for that sack of ration, today you are waiting for some money which these people put in your account, at the time of election or 6 months before the election. Made you dependent on ration sacks. Well you are getting ration. But how will you grow? Does life go on with just one sack of ration? How will you develop? The only goal of these parties is to remain in power, it will never want you to become self-reliant, will not talk about your development, will not ask you, will not tell you what to do for you. They want to keep you dependent like this. They know that you will be able to ask questions, appealing to the women, they said that we want that every hospital should have one room only for women, for women’s safety, we want that 25 of the police recruits: women be recruited. Because when there is atrocities, if there is any problem, then you will go to the police station, then the lady who will be the police will have sympathy for you, she will understand what has happened to you.
The Congress General Secretary said that the Congress party has created such a situation that no one can deny a woman in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. Women have come to the center in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. I will work for you, I will give my life, but I will empower you all. I want to tell you especially my sisters that when you go to vote, think about the future of your children, think about your empowerment and vote for the Congress party, because that will make you stronger and stronger.
In the Maharally, Uttar Pradesh Congress Social Media Vice Chairman Pankhuri Pathak said that I have gone to many areas where our women still do not cross the threshold of the house. I met such women who used to call me inside her house and tell me that we know you have been sent by Priyanka Gandhi ji. And tell this to Priyanka ji that whoever has spoken to us, who has given women a place in politics, who has made women’s discussion in politics, we are with them. No one should understand this, every woman of Uttar Pradesh knows that before today women were never discussed in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. Women say that if a leader used to come earlier, he used to leave after talking about caste and religion. No one has ever asked women how you are running your house.
Congress has promised that our girls will get smartphones, we will get scooties, we are confident that the future of our girls will be better with this. With the hope of this belief, today the whole of Uttar Pradesh is looking towards Priyanka ji with the eyes of hope.
Congress IT Cell National President Rohan Gupta and Congress leader Zubair Khan were present on the occasion. In this virtual Maharally, about 1.12 lakh people in 197 Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh at street-nook-square-shops-offices joined the virtual Maharally through Projector/Samv/Laptop/TV. Along with this, lakhs of people participated in the virtual Maharally on social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
first published:Feb. 19, 2022, 3:33 pm
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