Instructed Congress members and leaders to not indulge in politics over Pulwama attack: Rahul Gandhi
Immediate depositing of minimum income into people’s account, top priority after coming to power
Dhule: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday while addressing a public rally in Dhule in Maharashtra said that he had strictly instructed his party-men to refrain from politicizing the Pulwama attack and stand united with the government.
Rahul targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he can't leave aside his public relations exercise even for five minutes.
"India's prime minister can't leave aside his public relations (exercise) even for five minutes. That is the difference between him and us," Rahul said.
"He (Modi) does the same (engage in PR exercise) at the war memorial opening," Gandhi said, referring to Modi opening an all-out attack on the Congress during the opening ceremony of the National War Memorial in Delhi recently.
He further added that he has in his 15 years of Political career never made a false promise and took a dig at Narendra Modi adding that the latter has never had fulfilled his promises in his political career.
Speaking of Rafale deal, Rahul questioned the assigning of deal to Anil Ambani while HAL was serving the country for 70 years and its product was safeguarding the country for 70 years efficiently.
“I don’t know what the mistake of HAL was. The deal went to a company which was registered merely a few days before the deal was bagged” he noted.
“After giving so much of money to some of his friends, now Modiji wants to grab lands from farmers and Adivasis and give it to those friends. The bill which was brought by UPA government safeguarding the rights of Adivasis on their land is in place. It says the government cannot take land from Adivasis. But Modiji doesn’t care”.
“I want to make it clear , we will not let the government to take away land from Adivasis and farmers at any cost. Congress party will defend the rights of Adivasis and farmers” Rahul added.
Speaking of Congress’ manifesto for general elections Rahul said “We have been working on Manifesto for last four months, and I assure you that we will not let people of the country down. We will immediately deposit the minimum income of people directly into their account, as soon as we come into power”.
He also addressed the issue of unemployment and compared the rate of creating employment in the country with China.
“The employment rate is at 45 years’ low, India is creating only 450 jobs in a day whereas China on the same day creates fifty thousand jobs for its citizen, we have to compete with them if we want to maintain pace with them in terms of development”.
Only Congress party can do that and we are hopeful from the people of this country, the farmers, the Adivasis and everyone that they will bring us back to the power for better and united India, unlike Modiji’s India which is divided into two. One for the poor and farmers the other for the rich and friends of Modiji” Rahul said.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
