Chaibasa. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while addressing an election rally in Chaibasa on Tuesday, said that tribals have the first right on water, forest and land in the country. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to take away this right from the tribals by calling them forest dwellers. It is our resolve that we will give them this right. Rahul Gandhi, who came to Jharkhand for the first time after the announcement of elections, addressed the gathering at the same Tata College grounds in Chaibasa, where PM Narendra Modi had held a rally on May 3. He sought votes for JMM candidate Joba Manjhi from Singhbhum seat. Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi showed the book of Indian Constitution in the meeting and said that BJP wants to tear it and throw it away. Whatever the tribals, Dalits and backward classes have got in this country, they have got it because of this book. Our great leaders had sacrificed for this book. It is because of this book of the Constitution that you get reservation and jobs. BJP wants to destroy this book and we are ready to sacrifice our lives for it.
The Congress leader raised the question of less participation of tribal officers in the top bureaucracy of the country. He said that tribals constitute eight percent of the total population in the country. But, according to this, they do not have the right to spend even ten paisa out of Rs 100. Rahul Gandhi promised to deposit one lakh rupees every year in the bank account of one woman from every family of poor, backward and Dalits if the ‘India Alliance’ government is formed. He said that we will make crores of people in the country millionaires.
He also promised to provide first job to graduates and diploma holders and increase the daily wage in MNREGA from Rs 250 to Rs 400. The Congress leader said that when our government is formed, we will abolish the limit of 50 percent reservation in the country. He said that Hemant Soren was arrested and put in jail because he was a tribal. This public meeting was also addressed by Jharkhand CM Champai Soren and Kalpana Soren.
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