PM didn't help Bihari workers in lockdown: Rahul

October 23, 2020 17:12

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in Bhagalpur: "PM Narendra Modi had said that India will be free of Corona within 22 days. I had been saying since February that the poor, labourers and farmers of India will suffer massive losses due to Corona but I was ridiculed.

"PM said we'll defeat Corona in 22 days. How? By clanging utensils and shining the light of mobile phones. You too thought if he asking let's do it. It has been 6-7 months, Corona is spreading. PM is not speaking a word.

"Labourers of Bihar were working in different parts of the country for our development - be it Mumbai, Delhi or Punjab. Just like our jawans are standing in Ladakh, the labourers of Bihar were giving their blood and sweat to this nation.

"Narendra Modi did not give you even a single day and announced a nationwide lockdown. He did not think for even a minute that how will the labourers of Bihar get the money? How will they get food and drinking water?

"Labourers of Bihar left for their native state and walked thousands of kilometres without food and water. Did PM help you? Did he say that he didn't think and ended up making a mistake? Did he offer buses, trucks, trains to go back home? No."

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