Rahul Gandhi addresses rallies in Vapi, Valsad ahead of Gujarat Assembly polls

FP Staff • November 23, 2017, 20:52:41 IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed a public rally at Nana Paundha villag in Valsad district on Thursday where he attacked the Narendra Modi government

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi who is on a three-day visit to Gujarat on Thursday addressed a public meeting at Nana Paundha village in Valsad district where he attacked the Narendra Modi government and BJP. PTI

Addressing the pre-dominantly tribal audience, Gandhi said that the fight between his party and the BJP in Gujarat was one between “truth and lies”, where the truth lay on the Congress’ side. Twitter/@INCIndia

Gandhi later interacted with “Asha workers”. He said that while the prime minster was armed with his “government, police, army, governments in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh”, he had truth on his side “and we need nothing other than truth”. Twitter/@INCIndia

Later in the evening, he also interacted with small industrialists, professionals, traders and intellectuals at Vapi. Twitter/@INCIndia

Gandhi spoke on how the current dispensation in Delhi was favouring 15 large industries, while ignoring the MSMes like those in Vapi. He also stated that bullet train is a symbol of Japan and not of India. The state will go for polls on 9 and 18 December, 2017. Twitter/@INCIndia