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- Rahul Gandhi said that during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, I have talked to thousands of people. The biggest issue I heard was unemployment. After that there was inflation.
- The Congress leader said that if you ask people in India, they will say that unemployment and inflation are the biggest issues. However, if you ask any media outlet about important issues, they seem to give priority to covering weddings taking place at Ambani's residence. Media outlets that run 24/7 focus only on Modi and his activities.
- Rahul Gandhi said that the job of media is to raise the voice of the public, but their billionaire owners will not allow them to do so. They (BJP) do not talk about unemployment, inflation. Their job is to divert your attention. They do not want the issues of backward classes, farmers and the poor to be shown on national and regional media.
- He said that in India, about 50% are from backward class, 15% from Scheduled Caste, 8% from tribal, 15% from minority and 5% from poor general class. Overall, they constitute 90% of the population. Yet these communities are not prominently represented in Indian institutions and large companies, even in the media.
- Rahul Gandhi said that not a single person from the backward class holds a prominent position in any popular media institution. The purpose of media is not to serve the interests of only a few businessmen. Its objective is to raise questions on behalf of poor people and work on behalf of all sections of the society.
- The Congress leader said that Narendra Modi has waived off the loans of some industrialists. This amount is equal to 24 years of MNREGA schemes.
- Rahul Gandhi said that the 20 richest people of India have wealth equal to 70 crore people of the country. These 70 crore people include farmers demanding MSP, youth seeking employment and women struggling with inflation, but no one listens to them. PM Modi directly says that he will not give MSP to the farmers and claims that the farmers are terrorists.
- He said that Modi had promised to provide 2 crore jobs every year and said that Rs 15 lakh will come to your account, but in reality more than Rs 15 lakh has been looted from your pocket in the name of GST and demonetization.
- Rahul Gandhi said that this is an election to save democracy and the Constitution. This is the election of backward people, Dalits, tribals and poor people of general category.
- He said that on one hand BJP took money from big industrialists through electoral bonds, on the other hand Congress's bank accounts were frozen. This is an election between select billionaires and the poor people of the country.
