Our political system is flawed, will get Lokpal: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi:  Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the opposition parties for “lying” to farmers about foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, saying the UPA government’s policy will benefit farmers immensely. At a massive rally of the Congress party at the Ramlila Ground in the national capital, Rahul Gandhi said the FDI policy of the government would bring in cold storage facilities and food processing centres to farmers, ensuring more profits to them. [caption id=“attachment_513899” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Rahul Gandhi. PTI[/caption] “The opposition parties have been lying about the FDI policy to farmers, particularly in Himachal Pradesh (where voting is already underway for the assembly polls),” he said without naming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “FDI will bring cold storage facilities and food processing centres closer to the farmers. They will immensely benefit from these,” he said. The Congress leader also said that the problem with politics is that the voice of the common man is not heard. “The biggest problem in our country is the political system. The people who run the system are busy mud-slinging at each other. We have to open our doors - to the common man, to the youth,” he added. Rahul Gandhi also touched upon the anti-corruption movement in the country, noting that it was the UPA government of the last eight years that brought in the Right to Information Act in 2005 through which people could get any information from the government. Highlighting UPA’s achievement, he said, “Who brought computers?  Congress party did. Who brought liberalisation? Congress did. Who will bring change? Congress will.” Gandhi also promised to get the Lokpal Bill passed in the Parliament in the coming months, even as he attacked the opposition for preventing the anti-corruption legislation’s passage earlier. “We will get the (Lokpal) bill passed in parliament soon. Wait and watch,” Rahul Gandhi assured his party workers who had gathered in large numbers at the Ramlila Ground in the capital for the Congress party’s massive rally in support of the UPA government’s economic reforms and policies. “Opposition parties stalled the Lokpal Bill in the previous sessions of parliament. But we will bring it again,” he said. With inputs from IANS