Rahul in Odisha highlights: Cong prez says will waive state farmers' loans

Rahul Gandhi's tour follows PM Modi's three visits to the state since December

5:44 PM

Our goal is to provide employment to the youth and protect the farmers of Odisha: Rahul Gandhi

5:43 PM

1,31,000 government posts, 30,000 teacher posts, 1,200 lecturer posts in universities and 3,000 lecturer posts in colleges are vacant. We will prioritise in filling these posts: Rahul Gandhi

5:42 PM

Youth of Odisha are migrating to other states in search of work. Congress government in Odisha will generate employment within the state: Rahul Gandhi

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Odisha has a rich history of non-violence. This land transformed Emperor Ashoka to take a non-violent path: Rahul Gandhi 

5:37 PM

BJP government in Delhi and the BJD government in Odisha function in a similar way. Industrialists fund the elections of the candidates in exchange for profitable projects, whereas state is run by key bureaucrats: Congress president 

5:11 PM

'Cong will waive off loans of Odisha farmers in 10 days if brought to power'

5:07 PM

Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parivartan Sankalp Samavesh in Bhubaneswar

2:14 PM

I am disturbed by the growing violence and unrest in the North East: Rahul Gandhi

I am disturbed by the growing violence and & unrest in the North East where religion and ethnicity are being used as weapons by the BJP to polarise the region for political gain. This type of politics, that pitches brother against brother and fans hatred, is evil and must be stopped: Rahul

2:02 PM

Congress in Odisha had not been working as a team until recently

The Congress party over the last couple of years was not working as a team But I am quite happy since the new PCC President and AICC team has taken over, Odisha Congress has started to work as a team unitedly: Rahul

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India should be run by its 1.2 billion people, says Rahul

"We believe India should be run by its 1.2 billion people. One set of people, one ideology should not run the country," he said during an interaction with intellectuals in Bhubaneswar.

 

The Congress leader also said that his party has a view different from the ruling BJP when it comes to functioning of key institutions.

 

"Our party has a different view on how key institutions should be supporting the country. It respects decentralisation, independence of institutions and constitutional advances," he asserted.

 

Gandhi also said "monopolisation and capture of the education and healthcare system in the country needs to be challenged".

 

"A middle-class person has to pay crores of rupees to get good quality education. The same is the case in the healthcare system. That needs to be challenged,"the Congress chief added.

1:42 PM

RSS mother of BJP, wants to control all institutions in country: Rahul

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday charged that the RSS imprint was evident everywhere in the BJP-led NDA government and that the outfit wants to penetrate and control all institutions in the country.

 

"You currently have one institution called the RSS, mother of the BJP, which believes it is the only institution in the country. They want to penetrate into all other institutions and control them," he said.

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The Gujarat and Odisha model run on the same lines.  The industrialists of the state fund the marketing of the CM and the CM hands over the power of the state to the bureaucrats.  We don't want a bureaucratic dictatorship.  We want a people's democratic state: Rahul

1:24 PM

What is fatal for the ruling government?

 

— When Indians start to believe that the person in power is not listening to their views

 

— Opposition unity is so powerful. 

1:23 PM

Which book would you recommend Modi to read?

 

I would recommend Bhagwat Gita and Swami Nisargadatta's 'I Am That', says Rahul.

1:20 PM

Have Mr Modi and Mr Naveen Patnaik ever had this conversation with you?  I am talking to you because I would like to learn from you: Rahul

1:20 PM

Struggles in our family have brought us together: Rahul

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Priyanka and I have been discussing this for years: Rahul

1:19 PM

Priyanka Gandhi's appointed as AICC General Secretary in UP (east) is not a sudden decision: Rahul

1:11 PM

Rahul Gandhi: Why is automation not having impact on job creation in China? When I went to Kailash Mansarovar,I met a couple of their ministers who said job creation is not a problem. The real issue is if you are producing things&are in technology stream then you don't have a problem.

1:11 PM

I don't hate Mr Modi. I disagree with him, I will fight with him, but I don't hate him: Rahul Gandhi

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The best thing that happened with me was the abuse that BJP hurled at me: Rahul Gandhi

1:09 PM

Rahul says I learn from people who are nasty to me.

1:05 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi at an event in Odisha: We have to compete with China. We have to accept that the single biggest challenge is China's ability to produce jobs after jobs.

1:01 PM

RSS is mother of BJP and believes it is the only institution in country, says Rahul Gandhi during interaction in Bhubaneswar.

12:57 PM

Rahul Gandhi in Bhubaneswar: Ours is a dynamic process, we listen to the people. Not like Narendra Modi who thinks he knows everything, there is no scope of feedback. This is the basic difference between us and BJP.

12:56 PM

Things like the RTI and Lokpal have been sidelined and ignored. RTI empowers the people of the country. It actually is a weapon of the people, which ensures that there is accountability in the bureaucracy: Rahul Gandhi

12:55 PM

You see how IITs were set up in the 1950s. We all talk of the quality of the IITs, but we must remember that these were set up nearly seven decades ago. We need to see what we can do to take this forward.

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Monopolisation and capture of education and healthcare systems needs to be challenged: Rahul Gandhi in Bhubaneswar

The monopolization and capture of the education system and healthcare system needs to be challenged. The thinking that for a poor and middle-class person should have to pay lakhs and lakhs of rupees to pay for good quality education. It is the exact same in healthcare. This is not good: Rahul