Rahul Gandhi in Amethi LIVE: Where are achhe din? Congress chief trains guns on PM Modi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is on a two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi. On Wednesday, he targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for shifting a number of projects out of Amethi and said his party would complete all pending works after coming to power at the Centre.Here are the live updates:

2:58 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi visits students of Alfa Convent School in Amethi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi visits students of Alfa Convent School in Salon, Amethi.

Congress President @RahulGandhi makes a surprise visit to the students at the Alfa Convent School in Salon. #AmethiKiPragati pic.twitter.com/9HofJSgExV

— Congress (@INCIndia) January 24, 2019

2:50 pm IST

Congress will win next UP polls: Rahul Gandhi

Congress will contest the Lok Sabha polls with full strength, and win the next UP assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi

2:45 pm IST

What was the hurry in removing the CBI chief: Rahul Gandhi

Note ban is the biggest scam. What was the hurry in removing the CBI chief: Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.

2:40 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi on CBI row

Rahul Gandhi’s comments on the CBI row comes on a day PM Modi is scheduled to hold a meeting to decide on a new agency chief.

Read: PM Modi-led panel to meet today to select new CBI chief

2:38 pm IST

Rahul targets PM on CBI row

When CBI wanted to investigate Rafale deal, the director was removed at 1:30 am. When Supreme Court said no, it’s wrong and he be reinstated, the person is reinstated, but within two hours they get a note that there will be a meeting, that the CBI director needs to be removed: Rahul Gandhi.

2:36 pm IST

Amethi will get food park back: Rahul

Amethi will get food park back. You will get whatever PM Modi and CM Yogi denied you. When BJP workers come to you to seek your vote, tell them that PM Modi and CM Yogi did nothing for you: Rahul

2:34 pm IST

Priyanka Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia on mission to form govt in UP: Rahul

Food park was taken away from you by Narendra Modi. I have made Priyanka and Jyotiraditya general secretary. I have given them a mission, to form govt in UP: Rahul

2:32 pm IST

BJP wants small traders to close shop: Rahul

Rs 3.5 lakh crore of industrialists was waived, this was your money. They (BJP) want small traders to close shop: Rahul

2:30 pm IST

CBI director was removed at 1.30 am: Rahul

The CBI director was removed at 1.30 am. His office was sealed. The Supreme Court asked to reinstall CBI director again: Rahul

2:28 pm IST

Respect SP and BSP, but Congress should carve out own space: Rahul

We delivered on promise of loan waiver. I respect Mulayam Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati. But Congress should carve out a space of its own. Congress will win next UP assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi

2:25 pm IST

We are building factories near agricultural fields in MP: Rahul Gandhi

Where is achhe din? PM only waived off industrialists’ loans. We are building factories near agricultural fields in MP. We will do the same in UP: Rahul Gandhi

2:22 pm IST

People from UP and Bihar were driven out of Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi

BJP only creates fight among people, between Hindus and Muslims. In Gujarat, people from UP and Bihar were beaten up and driven out: Rahul Gandhi

2:20 pm IST

BJP wants all of you to work for industrialists: Rahul Gandhi

BJP wants all of you to work for industrialists. Here we use ‘Made in China’ products. We are nowhere near to China in generating jobs: Rahul Gandhi in Amethi

2:18 pm IST

Only poor people stood in queue during demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi

Did you see any industrialist standing in queue during demonetisation? Only poor people stood in queue: Rahul Gandhi in Amethi today.

2:10 pm IST

PM cheated people of Amethi: Rahul

“I can give you a list of projects. About 40 food processing units were to be set up at the Food Park and it could have generated lakhs of jobs. By depriving Amethi of these projects, the PM has cheated the people of Amethi and Uttar Pradesh,” Rahul said in Amethi yesterday.

1:50 pm IST

Rahul says PM Modi deprived Amethi

On Wednesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly shifting a number of projects out of Amethi and said his party would complete all pending works after coming to power at the Centre.

1:30 pm IST

‘Want to see Rahul as future PM’

“We want to see Rahul Gandhi as the future Prime Minister and Priyanka Gandhi will give him the needed strength,” says Amethi district Congress president Yogesh Mishra.

1:10 pm IST

Congress workers welcome Rahul as ‘PM of 2019’

‘Amethi ka MP 2019 ka PM’ and ‘There is a wave for Rahul Gandhi in India’ read some of the posters and wall writings as Rahul Gandhi visited his constituency yesterday.

12:50 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi meets party workers in Rae Bareli

Congress president Rahul Gandhi meets party workers and general public in Rae Bareli.

Congress President @RahulGandhi meets with party workers & general public in Rae Bareli. pic.twitter.com/kox3E6FpKc

— Congress (@INCIndia) January 24, 2019