Rahul Gandhi speaks on Modi’s effigy burnt in Punjab on occasion of Dussehra

Bihar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he talks about other countries in his speeches but not about the problems facing India such as unemployment.

Gandhi also attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over unemployment and the issue of migration. Addressing his rally at Valmiki Nagar, the former Congress president said he was pained to see that Prime Minister Modi’s effigy was burnt in Punjab on the occasion of Dusshera, and added that it reflected the anger of youths and farmers.

"Youths and farmers of Punjab and Bihar and youths of Uttar Pradesh are angry that our PM keeps making speeches with Bihar Chief Minister and talks about other countries, but not the problems confronting our country such as unemployment," he said.

He said the prime minister and the Bihar chief minister used to raise the issue of unemployment earlier but no longer now. "Now, the PM does not say in his speeches that he would give two crore jobs. Because the people of Bihar have realised that he had lied. "I can guarantee that if the PM comes today and promises two crore jobs to youths, perhaps the crowd would shoo him off, telling him that he had lied," Gandhi said.

The Congress knows how to run a country, how to stand with farmers and give employment, but "we don't know how to lie", he said.