New Delhi: Training his guns at the BJP and the AAP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal revolved around hate, and their only strategy was to divide people.
Addressing a rally in east Delhi''s Kondli ahead of the February 8 Assembly polls, Gandhi said it was the Congress''s 15-year tenure (1998-2013) in the national capital that gave the city its modern infrastructure such as the metro service.
"The politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal revolves around hatred. The only funda (strategy) of Modi and Kejriwal is to divide people," he said.
At another rally in Chandni Chowk, Gandhi said the biggest fear of the youth today is unemployment.
"He (Modi) takes advantage of that fear. He does not want the youth to get employment because that acts as oxygen for his politics," Gandhi said.
Taking a dig at the BJP, he said patriotism was to fight with the British and make India prosperous through white revolution, green revolution, information and technology revolution.
"Now, the real patriotism is to provide employment to the youth and I will fulfil it," the Congress leader said.
Slamming Home Minister Amit Shah, he exhorted the people not to listen to his speech as its nothing but "trash". He also said the speeches of Modi and Kejriwal were nothing but "lies".
Recalling the Congress rule under Sheila Dikshit, he said the late three-time chief minister never complained or gave excuses as Kejriwal.
Speaking to the ETV Bharat a local congress supporter said," Shahinbagh protest is against NRC and CAA and It is absolutely correct. Hindu Muslim unity has been a part of Congress since the beginning and we were living here harmoniously under the Congress government."
"We want better roads and better facilities for our developments as you can see the traffic problem here. We want a corruption-free government which can only be possible when Congress government will take over the power of Delhi. Education institutions of Delhi have become very poor nowadays and we want some good educational facilities which will enhance our lifestyle," the supporter added.
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(PTI)
