PM wants to transfer tribal 'Jungle, Jal, Zameen' to industrialists: Rahul Gandhi

Chaibasa | Gumla: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the BJP wanted to keep tribals in the role of domestic help and not let them get educated.

Addressing a rally in Chaibasa in Singhbhum constituency of Jharkhand, Gandhi said, "The BJP wants to confine tribals to roles like domestic helps. They never want you to become doctors, engineers and lawyers. They want to hand over jungles to industrialists... The country is being run by 90 IAS officers and out of them, there is only one tribal who has been sidelined in Delhi. The tribal population is around 8 per cent in the country."

Gandhi on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that he wanted to hand over 'Jal, Jungle, Zameen' belonging to tribals to industrialists. Asserting that this Lok Sabha election is for saving the Constitution and the rights of tribals, poor and backward, he said INDIA bloc leaders were ready to sacrifice their lives to save the Constitution.


At another rally in Gumla, Gandhisaid that when voted to power INDIA bloc government will scrap Agniveer scheme.