Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat as it happened: Congress V-P slams Narendra Modi over development, unemployment

‘Modi betrayed common man’s hope’

Congress vice-president said that the BJP government had promised development funds for tribal areas, jobs for the youth and irrigation water for the farms. He added that the prime minister has failed on all these fronts and betrayed the people with hollow talks.

Rahul again attacks Modi, asks him to speak on Jay Shah row

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged business dealings of BJP chief Amit Shah’s son Jay, asking him if he was a “partner” in the “theft”.

He also criticised Union ministers and BJP leaders who defended Jay Shah, saying they should change the name of the government’s flagship scheme for the girl child — “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao”— to “Amit Shah ke bete ko bachao”.

Rahul Gandhi more interested in visiting Italy than Amethi: Yogi Adityanath

As Rahul Gandhi was on the second day of his tour in Gujarat, BJP top brass targetted the Congress V-P from his Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. 

Yogi Adityanath accused him of being more interested in Italy than in the people of his parliamentary constituency Amethi. He also taunted the Amethi MP for not coming to his parliamentary constituency often and rather visiting Italy more.

Rahul Gandhi meets and interacts with people displaced by the Narmada Dam in Pansoli Village, Vasahat, Dabhoi. #YuvaKisanAdhikar pic.twitter.com/FIHKJHZOft

— Congress (@INCIndia) October 10, 2017

Rahul Gandhi claims Congress will outdo 22 years of BJP govt’s work in just six months

Jo 22 saal mein aapke saath nahi hua, wo Cong aake 6 mahine mein karke dikhayegi: R Gandhi addressed ppl displaced due to Sardar Sarovar Dam pic.twitter.com/leT7Gy0C3s

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2017

Amit Shah-Rahul Gandhi trade barbs in each other’s home turfs

Ever since a story published in The Wire has raised questions over the the business dealings of Amit Shah’s son, Rahul Gandhi hasn’t been at a public meeting where he did not bring up the issue. In the form of subtle retorts, or sharp jibes, the prolific rise of Jay Shah’s business has spiced up the Gandhi scion’s speech in the BJP chief’s home state. 

Meanwhile, Shah, who was in Amethi, didn’t spare Gandhi at his constituency. “Instead of making a mockery of development in Gujarat, Rahul should focus on development in Amethi,” Shah said. 

राहुल गांधी जनता को यह बताएं कि इतने साल तक अमेठी से सांसद रहने के बावजूद अब तक अमेठी का विकास क्यों नहीं हुआ ? pic.twitter.com/eV6qywkxTB

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 10, 2017

Rahul Gandhi visited Khadi India showroom in Karjan and interacted with people

Image Courtesy: INC Gujarat Facebook page

‘Ask Sonia Gandhi if she liked her son’s comments on women’: Watch Anandiben Patel take a dig at Rahul Gandhi over RSS comments

#WATCH: Former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel demands Congress’ apology for Rahul Gandhi’s statement “Ever saw women in shorts at RSS shakhas”? pic.twitter.com/HDMXJoJBIy

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2017

Meanwhile… Former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his comment on RSS

BJP leader Anandiben Patel demanded an apology from the Congress vice-president over his comments on women’s participation in RSS shakhas.

Gandhi had apparently asked the people if they have ever seen any women in s_hakhas__. “_Their organisation is the RSS. How many women are there in the RSS… Have you  ever seen any woman in shakhas wearing shorts?” he had said in a sarcastic tone.

Patel, however, took exception to the comment and sought an apology from the party for the Gandhi scion’s ‘inappropriate and insulting comments.’ She also advised Gandhi to do a google search to find out facts, adding that RSS has had separate branches for women since a long time.

‘Gujarat will play a leading role in nation’s progress’

Gujarat is set to see a pitched battle in this year’s polls as the Congress party is going all out to woo voters playing up the anti-incumbency factor in the prime minister’s home turf. Rahul Gandhi, in his Navsarjan Yatra, leaves no opportunity to criticise the BJP-led government’s policies. 

Addressing a rally in Dabhoi, Gandhi said that the Gujarat was teh land thatt gave India the ‘white revolution’ and leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel. He said that if lead in the right way, the state had the potential to lead the entire nation on the path to progress.

‘Congress party will ensure you get your rights’

Rahul Gandhi hit out at Narendra Modi over farm crisis in India. He said that farmers are commiting suicide all across the country but the Centre was ignornt towards their plight. 

Claiming that if a Congress government was elected, he will ensure that the farmers get the right prices they deserve, and if need be the party will also consider waiving off loans.

Vikas has gone ‘pagal’ in Gujarat 

Slamming the BJP government in Gujarat over its claims of development, Rahul Gandhi sarcastically said, “I am going to send  a letter to Guinness Book of World Records as for the first time ‘vikas’ has gone mad.”

Rahul Gandhi meets Asha and Aanganwadi workers

Here is what Asha workers told Rahul Gandhi in Dabhoi

Rahul in Dabhoi tells Asha workers, "If Congress forms govt in Gujarat, we'll pay you wages that you rightly deserve." @IndianExpress

— Aditi Raja (@aditijf) October 10, 2017

Asha workers tell Rahul in Dabhoi: Our demands of fixed wages, working hours not met; we'll do surgical strike on BJP @IndianExpress

— Aditi Raja (@aditijf) October 10, 2017

Gujarat Congress goes LIVE from Dabhoi

Rahul meets aanganwadi workers

According to The Indian Express, Rahul Gandhi is currently interacting with aanganwadi workers in Dabhoi, a town near Vadodara. This was already part of his schedule decided by the Congress party.

Speaking at a public rally in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, the parliamentary constituency of the Gandhi scion, Irani said the Congress leader was making fun of development in Gujarat but has no answer for the lack of it in his own backyard in Amethi.

“A vast stretch of land was given by farmers long back for construction of the Samrat cycle factory and when nothing much happened there is an effort to occupy the land illegally and despite eviction notice they are not letting the land go,” she added. She said if Rahul Gandhi was listening to her speech, he should answer a lot of questions.

Union minister Smriti Irani on Monday accused Rahul Gandhi of “insulting” the people of Gujarat and claimed that the Congress will suffer what she called a “historic defeat” in the upcoming assembly polls.

“The manner in which Rahul Gandhi has made fun of the dreams and aspirations of the people of Gujarat will lead to a historic defeat for the Congress party in the state election,” said the Union minister for textiles and information and broadcasting in a statement.

Development is not something to be ridiculed, instead it should be welcomed but what Rahul Gandhi is doing in Gujarat is to insult the dreams and aspirations of 6.5 crore Gujaratis, she said.

Rahul Gandhi in Mandala village

Rahul Gandhi's convoy reaches Mandala village in Dabhoi taluka of Vadodara District @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/ZZiyBrkCnI

— Aditi Raja (@aditijf) October 10, 2017

Rahul Gandhi makes an unscheduled stop at Khadi India showroom in Karjan

We will be the government for poor, says Rahul Gandhi

“Congress government will soon come to power in Gujarat, it will work for the interests of farmers, small traders and the poor. Last time, he (Modi) waived the loans of the rich. We will instead bring a loan waiver for farmers,” Rahul said in his Padra rally.

Watch: Rahul Gandhi is speaking in Padra in Vadodara

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Rahul’s Gandhi’s remark came after several Union ministers came out in support of Shah’s son Jay Amit Shah. “Amazing transition from Beti Bachao to Beta Bachao,”  Rahul said on Twitter, using the term “Shehzada” to describe Shah’s son.

The mood at the Karjan rally of Rahul Gandhi

When Rahul Gandhi wondered at a public meeting in Karjan, “Jab Narendra Modiji pradhan mantri baney to unhone kaha mein Chowkidar hun, to ab kyon chup hain (When he became the prime minister, he said that he will be a “chowkidaar”, but why he is silent now?),” the crowds screamed chor hain, chor. 

Gandhi was referring to the media expose on BJP chief Amit Shah’s son. And when he said, “Ye chowkidaar hey ke bhaagidar”, there was a huge laughter as people responded almost in unison, “bhaagidar”, amid deafening whistles. 

Crowds also screamed, “Jutho chhey, Jutho chhey (he is a liar, referring to Modi)”, in the same breathe.

**Rahul Gandhi's jibe at demonetisation**  

While tagging a copy of the report on Twitter, published by news website The Wire, Gandhi on Monday had taken a jibe at the BJP chief,“We finally found the only beneficiary of demonetisation. It’s not the RBI, the poor or the farmers. It’s the Shah-in-Shah of Demo. Jai Amit.”

Rahul Gandhi rakes up Jay Shah controversy

Rahul in Karjan: Piyush Goyal's Ministry gave unsecured loans to Amit Shah's son's company @IndianExpress

— Aditi Raja (@aditijf) October 10, 2017

Rahul in Karjan: Before 2014 polls, Modi said he doesn't want to be PM but Chowkidaar; Chowkidaar ke samne chori hui @IndianExpress

— Aditi Raja (@aditijf) October 10, 2017

Rahul Gandhi reaches out to media, says ‘daro mat’

To media persons who feel stifled, we raise our Hand and say #DaroMat, the party is firmly behind you.
Read more: https://t.co/KKWkWZHk1v pic.twitter.com/vVa4f5GruL

— Congress (@INCIndia) October 10, 2017

Rahul Gandhi addressing the public in Karjan

Rahul Gandhi being falicitated by local leaders

BJP gets a thumbs up in local body polls

In a major boost for the ruling BJP before the Assembly elections, the party has won five of the seven local bodies in Gujarat. The party has also won a seat in Gandhinagar’s Randheja taluka. It is to be noted that the party won only two of the seven bodies in the last elections.

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi is in the line of fire in Amethi

“People of Gujarat have experienced development. Rahul must look at what he has done to Amethi. While he asks what Modi has done in last three years, Rahul must answer what his family has done for Amethi and India,” BJP president Amit Shah told the gathering in Amethi. 

Gujarat ki janta vikas janti hai, Rahul baba aap Amethi ko dekhiye aapne kya banta dhaar kiya hai: Amit Shah in Amethi pic.twitter.com/XfzWevKOOw

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 10, 2017

Congress ke shehzaade ko puchna chahta hu, Modi Ji ke 3 saal ka hisab mangte ho, Amethi apki 3 peedhiyon ka jawab mangti hai: Amit Shah pic.twitter.com/zsgQqI11gx

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 10, 2017

Rahul Gandhi concludes address

While Rahul ended his speech, urging Gujarati populace to vote for Congress, the public in Karjan began shouting slogans like, “Congress aveche”, which roughly translates to “Congress is coming.”

Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over noteban

Congress vice-president said that the Modi government looted Indians through note ban. Rahul Gandhi added that the move only impacted the daily wage workers, unemployed and the working class people, and said the demonetisation drive only helped a group of 10-15 industrialists.

Rahul attacks Amit Shah’s son once again 

“It was sheer magic that Rs 50,000 became Rs 80 crores in just few months. While successful companies run longer, I don’t know why it was closed in 2016. It is happening in a country where the chowkidaar (Modi) is ruling India, Why he is silent when there has been a theft? It seems now it is Amit Shah ke bete ko bacchao”, Rahul Gandhi told a public gathering in Karjan.

Rahul Gandhi is live from Karjan