NEW DELHI: (AMN) Lamenting the division of India on the lines of poor and rich, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that it was only Congress which could unite the ‘two Hindustans’, one for the rich and the other for the poor.
He asked party men to work for the weaker sections of the society saying they could only take nation forward.
Rahul Gandhi was speaking at the AICC session here after demand from party men saying the poor could be the driving force to take the country forward.
Rahul, who was seated in the back row on the dais at the AICC session rose to speak following vociferous demands from party workers after PM, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had addressed the delegates. The AICC general secretary said he was being forced to speak since he was not listed as a speaker at the Congress gathering.
Sharing hi experience with the delegates about his extensive tour across the country and interactions with a cross-section of people, he said that it is high time to improve the condition of poor in all part of the country.
He said that it was only the Congress a national party which could do it as it has its presence all over the country. He also said that the party was gaining strength every year.
Rahul also endorse Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s economic policies. "If we have to bring forward the poor people of this country we have to work like PM who is giving economic growth to this country that’s what we need."