Rahul Gandhi in Bhubaneswar highlights: ‘Odisha’s remote control is with chowkidar’: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to hold an interactive session with students and young entrepreneurs, and later address a public rally in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar today. This comes after his two-day visit to Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha constituencies of him and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.Highlight:

5:03 pm IST

‘Odisha’s remote control is with PM Modi’: Rahul Gandhi

Taking at dig at both Modi government at the Centre and Odisha’s Patnaik government, “Odisha’s remote control is with the corrupt chowkidaar. The state is run from New Delhi. The chowkidaar presses a button and Naveen Patnaik works accordingly.”

4:53 pm IST

You don’t have to go out of Odisha to get jobs, Cong will get you jobs here: Rahul Gandhi

Raking up the issue of unemployment and alleging Modi and Patnaik govt’ failure on this regard, the Congress president asked the crowd whether there is any youth, who has been granted a job by Modi or Patnaik.

“You don’t have to go out of the state to get jobs, the Congress party will get you jobs here by the filling the vacant govt jobb posts in the state,” said Rahul Gandhi.

4:50 pm IST

If our party comes to power, we will install food processing plants in every district: Rahul Gandhi

“If our party comes to power, we will install food processing plants in every district. We will install them in close proximity to your farm lands. We will connect those chains to the cities like Bhubaneswar through food chains,” said Rahul Gandhi.

4:47 pm IST

‘If Cong wins Odisha, farm loans will be waived within 10 days’: Rahul Gandhi

“If our party comes to power in Odisha, you just count to 10, not more than that. We will waive off the loans within 10 days, like we did in other stated we’re in power,” said Rahul Gandhi.

Congress, recently, waived off farm loans in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh after emerging triumphant in recently concluded state assembly elections.

4:43 pm IST

Naveen Patnaik, junior partner of PM hasn’t done anything for farmers: Rahul Gandhi

Dubbing Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik as the “junior partner” of PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi said, “Naveen Patnaik, the junior partner of PM Modi talks about farmers all the time, but doesn’t do anything for them.”

4:42 pm IST

Your hard-earned money is being given to certain businessmen: Rahul Gandhi

“This region is not wealthy, because you are not being given the money, you’re entitled to. Your hard-earned money is being given to certain businessmen,” said Rahul Gandhi.

4:40 pm IST

BJP, RSS spreading hatred in country: Rahul Gandhi

Targetting the BJP and its purported ideological mentor RSS, Rahul Gandhi said, “BJP, RSS are spreading hatred in country.”

“Wherever they go, they spread hatred,” he added.

4:38 pm IST

Modi govt and Patnaik govt has the same mindset: Rahul Gandhi

“Modi govt and Patnaik govt has the same mindset. Their mindset is to give all the money to certain businessmen and whatever benefit there is to extract, it is just for their parties and certain businessmen,”said Rahul Gandhi while addressing Parivartan Sankalp Samavesh in Bhubaneswar.

1:28 pm IST

Feel like hugging Modi when he abuses me: Rahul

The best thing that happened to me as a politician and as a human being was the abuse I got from the BJP and RSS. It has been the biggest gift they could give me. I look at Mr Modi when he abuses me and I feel like giving him a hug: Rahul

1:26 pm IST

Congress was not working as a team earlier: Rahul

Congress was not working as a team earlier. Since the new state unit chief has come and since the new AICC team took over, things have changed. Indiscipline was high earlier, that has changed; 1:26 pm

1:22 pm IST

Modi has leverage over Patnaik due to corruption cases: Rahul

Connection between Modi and Patnaik. Modi has leverage over Patnaik due to corruption cases, and Patnaik tacitly supports Modi. Patnaik is autocratic, but he is not as hate-filled as Modi: Rahul

1:20 pm IST

Primary job of Priyanka is to strengthen organisation in UP: Rahul

Primary job of Priyanka is to strengthen organisation in UP. I would recommend Modi to read Gita and Swami Nisarga Dutta: Rahul

1:16 pm IST

Discussion to include Priyanka going on for years: Rahul

I appreciate the good points in my opponents. The discussion to include Priyanka was going on for years. She then said her children were young and she needed to take care of them. Now her children has reached an age that one has gone to university, another about to go: Rahul

1:04 pm IST

Modi destroying NREGA: Rahul

NREGA was not a handout for poor. It was an attempt to revive rural workforce. It created an economic structure in rural India. It helped a large number of manufacturers. It was a labour market correction. Modi is destroying NREGA: Rahul

1:00 pm IST

What’s the point of insurance cards when patient has to travel 200 km for hospital: Rahul

Out-of-pocket expenses in healthcare. No point in giving out insurance cards when the patient has to travel 200 km for a hospital: Rahul

12:58 pm IST

Can’t have insurance schemes without hospitals: Rahul

Naveen Patnaik has suddenly woken up to the fact that farmers need help. Can’t have insurance schemes without hospitals: Rahul

12:50 pm IST

Understanding between politicians and industrialists: Rahul

We have to compete with China, should accept China’s ability to create jobs. The BJP model and BJD model are the same. Biggest industrialists of the state run the chief minister, and the chief minister hands over the state to the industrialists. Common people are not included in the conversation: Rahul

12:44 pm IST

A large part of our education is not job-oriented: Rahul

Need transformation of agriculture. A farm loan waiver here and there won’t help. A large part of our education is not job-oriented: Rahul

12:42 pm IST

India far behind China in creation of jobs: Rahul

Met a couple of Chinese ministers when I went for Kailash trek. They said automation is not a problem, job creation is not a problem. Production dominated by Chinese. Modi ji talks about ‘Make in India’, but India far behind China in creation of jobs: Rahul

12:38 pm IST

Loan waiver for industrialists but not for common people: Rahul

Most money in the banking system in the hands of richest industrialists. Loan waiver for industrialists but not for common people. RTI was the biggest weapon for the middle class, but today RTI is dead: Rahul

12:36 pm IST

Need bigger amount of money into healthcare and education system: Rahul

Our policies of liberalisation created the middle class. Need bigger amount of money into healthcare and education system: Rahul

12:32 pm IST

Judges speaking out, it is unprecedented: Rahul

Judges indicated that BJP chief was behind the murder of Justice Loya. It was unprecedented. Go to North Block, everyone will say their OSDs are under the direct employment of Nagpur: Rahul Gandhi

12:30 pm IST

RSS wants to penetrate into every institution: Rahul Gandhi

RSS is the mother of BJP. It believes it should be the only institution in this country and the idea is to penetrate into every Indian institution: Rahul Gandhi

12:25 pm IST

Institutions are being destroyed: Rahul Gandhi

There is massive centralisation of power. Institutions are being destroyed: Rahul Gandhi