AMN / Hyderabad
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K Chadrashekar Rao of “diluting the Tribal Rights Act to the detriment of forest dwellers” and alleged that Modi had broken every promise he made, including that of being an “honest” PM.
Gandhi, who was addressing a students’ convention and three election rallies in poll-bound Telangana, attacked Modi and Rao over a range of issues, including crony capitalism, while calling the state’s ruling TRS and its “friendly party” AIMIM of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi the ‘B and C’ teams of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Gandhi said Modi and Rao made “many, many promises” but did not deliver on them. “The Prime Minister made promises of depositing Rs 15 lakh in the bank account of every citizen, two crore jobs to youth every year, farm loan waiver and a just minimum support price for farm produce. He also promised he will be the ‘chowkidaar’ of this country and not the Prime Minister.