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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that an INDIA bloc government will end the 50 per cent cap on reservation while asserting that the alliance will protect the Constitution with “dil, jaan aur khoon”.
Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Bansgaon with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Gandhi said, “There is INDIA bloc and the Constitution on one side and those who want to finish the Constitution on the other.”
Addressing a public rally in Varanasi, Rahul Gandhi quoted by ANI , “We are doing to deposit lakhs of crores of rupees in the bank accounts of the poor in India. Under the Mahalakshmi scheme, a list will be prepared of the poor people in the country… From every poor family, a woman’s name will be selected… On 5th July, Rs 8,500 will be credited to the bank accounts of crores of poor women in the country… This will continue from July to August to September, October, November, December and so on ‘khata-khat, khata-khat, khata-khat andar’…”
“The INDIA bloc will protect the Constitution with “dil, jaan aur khoon (heart, life and blood)”, he said and added that the alliance will end the 50 per cent cap on reservation while also increasing it.
On Agnipath, Gandhi said the INDIA bloc, once it assumes power, will tear apart the scheme and throw it in the dustbin. The government rolled out the Agnipath recruitment scheme in June 2022 for short-term induction of personnel with an aim to bring down the age profile of the three armed services. It provides for recruiting youngsters between the age bracket of 17-and-half years and 21 for four years with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years.
Gandhi also mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “sent by God” comment and said God sent Modi to help Adani and not the poor. He asserted that the INDIA bloc will “jumpstart” the country’s economy once it assumes power at the Centre.
