BJP, Left don't understand disconnect between two Indias:Rahul
Rahul Gandhi hits out at BJP and the Left parties for ignoring a section of Indian people
By PTI |
Hitting out at opposition BJP and the Left parties, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said these parties were focusing on a certain section of the people while ignoring the rest.
"This is the biggest fault in the views of both BJP and the Left parties," Rahul Gandhi told reporters at the start of his one-day tour of the hill state.
"Totally ignorant of the fact that almost 60 per cent of the country's population fell in the category of have-nots, the BJP was obsessed with the urban population and taking cue from a TV advertisement coined the slogan 'India shining' in 2004 general election which boomeranged on them," he said.
"They still continue to ignore the majority section of deprived living in underdeveloped villages," Rahul said.
About Left parties, the young Gandhi said they want India of opportunity to collapse and concentrate only on the have-nots.
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The need of the hour is to strike a "balance" between the two Indias, he said adding this was the aim of his visits to rural areas and stay in the huts of downtrodden."My political opponents laugh at me when I visit a poor in his shanty house...but it is necessary to do so to know about them and their problems to bridge this wide gap between the two Indias," the Amethi MP said.
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