Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over 'politics of revenge' in Lok Sabha

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday fired yet another salvo at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA Government that he leads over its plans to scrap the food park in Amethi, accusing the latter of practising a 'politics of revenge'.

"Last year, during elections, the Prime Minister came to Amethi, spoke for about 52 minutes. In the Prime Minister's speech, I liked one thing where he said 'Main Badle Ki Rajneeti Nahi, Badlav Ki Rajniti

Karunga'. The Prime Minister promised a politics of change, not revenge, but that's exactly what's happened in Amethi," Rahul said in the Lok Sabha.

He urged the government not to close the Amethi food park, which he claimed would bring about a massive change in the lives of farmers.

"Ten districts would be benefitted by this, 40 factories were to be built there. All I want to say is that the food park in Amethi will bring about a massive change in the lives of farmers. Please don't cancel it," Rahul Gandhi added.

The Congress vice president also recounted his meeting with a farmer some years ago, who expressed surprise over the cost of chips sold in the market.

"A few years ago, a farmer asked me about the cost of chips sold at Rs 10, when we sell potatoes at Rs 2 per kg. Yeh kaisa jaadu hai? If we directly give our produce to the factories, then middlemen won't

benefit," he said.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, however, countered by saying that the increased value of the potato chips was due to the UPA Government's 'magic'.

"Rahul Gandhi just said that an entity initially sold at Rs 2 is later bought at Rs 10, he knows little. We didn't perform this magic, their government did this magic," claimed Singh.