Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while addressing a rally at Dausa, Rajasthan, said, “A real leader looks at present and future, does not speak about past.” Gandhi, ahead of her Rajasthan campaign tour, had criticised the centre on the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). "During the last Assembly elections of Rajasthan, the Prime Minister had promised to declare the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project a national project. After this, the state government kept sending proposals again and again, Ashok Gehlot wrote a dozen letters to them, but the central government kept ignoring the problems of the people of Rajasthan. There is anger among the people of Rajasthan regarding this breach of promise. Today I will address the people of the state from Sikrai in Dausa district and seek their affection and blessings," she wrote on social media platform X.
On October 16, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that Modi hardly attends Parliament and roams around poll-bound states. He said despite promises, the prime minister did nothing for the ERCP and the state government is working on the project by spending Rs 25,000 crore.
The ERCP is an ambitious project that was first proposed by the previous BJP government in Rajasthan to meet the drinking water and irrigation needs of 13 districts — Jaipur, Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Tonk, Dausa, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur and Dholpur, PTI reported.
The Congress will hold rallies in 13 districts in the state-- Gandhi's next stop is Sawai Madhopur. Currently at Dausa, Gandhi said, “BJP leaders are working for their industrialist friends.”
“PM Modi has funds to purchase aircraft but not to waive farm loans,” she added. Polling in the state will be held on November 25. “People need to understand why BJP raises religion and caste issues instead of talking about development,” Gandhi said. BJP leader Pralhad Joshi, on Thursday, slammed Congress. He said, "The ERCP would be implemented by the BJP and there is no doubt in it... Any such huge projects in the country are kept pending by them (Congress)... Why did they not implement the project if they were supposed to do it? Congress is an expert in making fake promises. They are experts in lying to the people and all their promises are bundles of lies... If Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wanted to come here then she should have come to scold the CM before the code of conduct was implemented. Because the CM is also the Home Minister... Rajasthan is no. 1 in crime against women..."
“Unemployment is at a 45-year high and the government has introduced a scheme like Agniveer,” Gandhi told the crowd gathered at Dausa. “Public welfare can only be achieved through politics that is based on service and compassion,” she added.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, state unit president Govind Singh Dotasra and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot were also present at the public meeting.
