Addressing Congress workers’ rally at Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehaat in Uttar Pradesh on the last day of his second phase campaign All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that there is only one elephant in the entire world that feeds on money and that is in Lucknow. He also asserted that UP will develop as well but for that the state needs a government of aam aadmi. Only Congress can deliver such a government. Rahul Gandhi promised that a Congress government will guide the state to the top position again.
Reiterating the significance of MGNREGA Rahul Gandhi said that we found that no jobs are available in the villages. People are forced to migrate to big cities. “Rich are getting jobs but the poor in the villages got no jobs. So we introduced MGNREGA to guarantee jobs for all. Through MGNREGA, the biggest employment generation scheme poor are assured of a minimum of 100 days jobs in a year and a daily wage of Rs 120. When calculated it adds up to Rs 12,000 per year. People in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan or Kerala will vouch for the benefits of the scheme,” said Rahuol Gandhi.
Charging Mayawati for her calling MGNREGA useless in a public meeting on October 9, 2007 Rahul Gandhi remarked, “While all other states are acknowledging that MGNREGA is the most useful policy UP CM says MGNREGA is of no use. She is right in a way. The poor in the state are not getting its benefits. As Mayawati, her party leaders and ministers have usurped the benefits and pocketed the funds. Mayawati’s elephant in Lucknow has consumed all the funds sent by the Centre under various schemes. Normally elephants eat leaves and grass but the magic elephant of Mayawati in Lucknow eats currency notes.”
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