Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he does not believe in making "false" promises like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and that his party's proposed minimum income guarantee scheme NYAY is akin to a surgical strike against poverty. Addressing an election rally here, Gandhi claimed that only the Congress can defeat the BJP, something no other party, including Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, can do. Asserting that only the Congress has the potential to defeat the BJP in the elections, Gandhi urged the people to vote for his party. "Most of them have committed crimes, looted public money and fled the country," Gandhi alleged. Alleging that the prime minister is trying to divide the country along communal lines, Gandhi claimed, "Wherever he (Modi) goes, he spreads hatred and vitiates the atmosphere."

Source: dna May 07, 2019 14:03 UTC