Modi govt lacks will to listen to people, says Rahul Gandhi

Updated: Oct 09, 2017 12:57 IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi hit the campaign trail once again on Monday with allegations that the Narendra Modi government lacks the will to listen to the people.

Gandhi made the allegation while addressing a public meeting at Kheda, about 40 km south of Ahmedabad at the start of the second leg of Navsarjan Yatra in poll bound Gujarat.

“Be it GST or demonetisation, Modiji implemented policies without listening to anyone,” he said. “Congress government will listen to farmers, labourers, women and small businessmen. They have not been heard in past 22 years of the BJP government in Gujarat,” Gandhi added.

The Congress leader is scheduled to travel through five districts of central Gujarat covering 500 km in three days. In the first leg, Gandhi had travelled through Saurashtra region last week.

He started the rally as Gujarat HC commuted capital punishment of 11 convicts in the Godhra train burning case to life sentences. Central Gujarat was worst affected in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Gandhi is scheduled to visit few temples in this region.

Rahul Gandhi’s latest trip comes on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on Sunday to his hometown Vadnagar where he made a number promise and launched the “Intensified Mission Indradhanush” scheme which aims to accelerate the full immunization coverage and provide greater focus on urban areas and other pockets of low immunization coverage.

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-govt-lacks-will-to-listen-to-people-says-rahul-gandhi/story-Q8TAsSEznOCM3HviTCeteM.html