Only loyal workers who take on BJP, RSS will get tickets in Gujarat: Rahul

September 04, 2017 22:20

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said only genuine party workers who have fought against the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological parent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh will get tickets to contest the Assembly polls in Gujarat.

In an interaction with Congress workers aimed at galvanising them ahead of the polls due later this year, he assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development model, which he claimed had failed in Gujarat.

He attacked the NDA government over a host of issues-- from demonetisation to unemployment--as he interacted with party workers on the Sabarmati riverfront.

"Tickets will be distributed soon and only to genuine party workers who have fought against the BJP and RSS. Those who parachuted into the party recently would not be given tickets," he said, responding to a question by party worker Satish Pandya, who claimed Congress gave tickets to only those with money and muscle power.

At the interaction called 'Samvad', Gandhi raised various issues like demonetisation, goods and services tax (GST), unemployment, alleged plight of farmers, and "poor" healthcare and eduction, to target Modi and the BJP.

He said all these will ensure the defeat of the BJP in Gujarat.

"The BJP and Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) are scared of the outcome of the Gujarat assembly polls. You cannot hide the truth for long," Gandhi said, asserting the Congress, which has been out of power in the state for over two decades, will win the election.

Taking about Modi's development plank, he said the "hollowness" of the BJP's "Gujarat model of development" stood exposed.

"This model did not help anyone, be it youth, farmers, small businessmen or shopkeepers. Only select 5-10 persons benefited from it," he said.

State Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki read out the questions submitted by party workers beforehand.

Responding to a query about whether media was controlled by the BJP, the Congress leader said the Modi government was putting "undue pressure on media".

"Modiji gives money to big corporate houses which control media. In Gujarat, six to seven friends of Modi are controlling the media. We know that Modiji is pressuring the media. Even some media persons have told me that they are scared," he claimed.

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