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

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

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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 

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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 

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

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Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parivartan Sankalp Samavesh in Bhubaneswar

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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

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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.

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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

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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.