Modi govt actually is ‘Adani govt’, it will be dislodged: Rahul at TN rally

The bonhomie between the Congress and ruling DMK was evident as Stalin welcomed Rahul as “dear brother”. The Congress MP addressed Stalin as “elder brother” and said he never addresses any other politician as his brother.

The Chief Minister described the Congress party’s manifesto as the “election hero” and praised Rahul, saying through his yatras, he learnt of people’s problems and came up with his party’s manifesto. The Congress manifesto reflects social justice championed by the DMK, he said.

Rahul said, “A storm is set to arrive, Narendra Modi is going to be dislodged from power… Modi government actually is Adani government, it should be called Adani govt and not Narendra Modi government.” Be it airport, highway, any infra project; somehow the Government of India “just gives it” to Adani, he claimed.

The Congress leader alleged that Adani “wanted Mumbai airport” and “owners of airport got CBI enquiry” and a few weeks later they handed over the airport to Adani and the Central agency’s enquiry disappeared. “Anything he wants he just gets it.”

Rahul said after he raised the Adani issue in Parliament, his Lok Sabha membership was taken away and he was thrown out of his house in Delhi. “If voted to power, the INDIA bloc government is determined to take revolutionary and historic action never seen before in any country corresponding to the size of India,” he said and outlined the features of Congress manifesto, which includes women empowerment and job creation.

Asserting that the election is an ideological battle and “no longer a normal election”, he said the rights of all the people of the country, their histories, languages and their way of life is protected by the Constitution. “The Constitution is not an ordinary book, it is the soul, it is the voice of India’s people. That soul and that voice is being attacked by the Prime Minister and by the RSS.” Rahul said BJP MPs openly stated that “they are going to change the Constitution” if they retained power at the Centre.

“India’s institutions belong to all its people and they do not belong to the RSS. Most vice chancellors of varsities come from the RSS and bureaucracy and the legal system is infiltrated by the RSS which is an attack on the very idea of our nation,” the Congress leader said.

Earlier, addressing a rally in southern Tirunelveli, Rahul assured a legislation to provide apprenticeship to young people and filling 30 lakh vacant government jobs and dubbed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test “anti-poor”. “I know, the people of Tamil Nadu have a big issue with NEET. We are going to leave the decision to the state; on whether you want to do NEET or not. NEET is an anti-poor exam and we are more than happy to allow you (Tamil Nadu) to take a decision on whether or not to take the exam,” he said.