Rahul Gandhi at Balrampur in UP "SP and BSP betrayed the people" -- Late...

Rahul Gandhi criticized the forceful land acquisition by the Mayawati Government in the Ganga and Yamuna expressways accusing that she grabbed lands from the poor farmers and sold it to the builders. "In Tappal and Bhatta-Parsaul a lot of farmers were assaulted by the BSP Government. Police fired at the agitating farmers when they were fighting against the wrong and forceful land acquisition by the UP Government. No one from either BSP or SP took pain to go there. But the Congress went there, listened to them and understood their problems. Not only that, the Congress led Government at the centre drafted a new Land Acquisition Bill. But some parties have been opposing it. Who is the loser? It is the common man, poor farmers and villagers are the losers. But we will not let it happen."


He also informed the crowd about the relief package for the Bunkars Rahul Gandhi said, "we have decided to implement a relief package for the Bunkars. But some of the delegates of the Bunkars came to me and said that if the scheme is implemented through the state run Society the money will not reach them. So we changed the entire package and made such a scheme that the money would directly reach the Bunkar's bank account." He also appraised the gathering regarding the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver policy for the farmers.