‘India’s 140 crore population and 100 richest people…’: Rahul Gandhi in Panipat

Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress resumed its adventure on the primary day of the Haryana leg’s 2d section from Panipat on Friday morning. The yatra re-entered Haryana on Thursday nighttime from Uttar Pradesh. After the night time halt, the yatra started out from Kurar in Panipat.

Addressing a public rally, Gandhi stated the yatra has finished 112 days that began out from Kanyakumari and “we’re given this type of heat welcome at Panipat”.

“I even have a query in my mind… even the u . s .’s populace is one hundred forty crore… and most effective one hundred richest humans of the u . s . have 50 according to cent of the whole wealth of the u . s .… Do you spot justice in it? This is the fact of Narendra Modi’s India,” Gandhi focused the Centre.

“If you have a take a observe India’s all corporates earnings, ninety according to cent earnings is most effective with 20 corporates and this u . s .’s 1/2 of the wealth is most effective in one hundred humans’s hands. This is the fact of Narendra Modi’s India,” he added.

Gandhi alleged that this authorities has created Indias – in a single India wherein bad and not unusualplace humans stay and any other India wherein 200-three hundred humans who’ve all of the wealth stay.

“You humans have nothing. You most effective have this air of Panipat in that you can’t breathe… it is cancer,” he added.

Gandhi stated Panipat changed into a hub of micro-industries however the demonetisation and GST ruined the small and medium businesses, and that is the tale of the complete u . s ..

“GST and the notice ban have damaged the spine of the u . s .. Haryana is on the pinnacle in unemployment withinside the u . s . with 38 according to cent,” the Congress MP stated.

Gandhi additionally raised the problems associated with the Centr’s Agnipath scheme. “The strength of the country goes to waste… What is Agniveer policy? Leaders claimed themselves as the largest deshbhakt. Farmers and Jawan awaken at 4am and lakhs of adolescents need to enroll in the Indian Army to guard the Tricolor… however now they’re hopeless… The authorities used to employ 80,000 youths withinside the Army each yr to guard India’s borders,” he claimed.

“After an opening of 4 years most effective 25 according to cent gets everyday jobs and the relaxation can be left unemployed,” the previous Congress president stated.

Gandhi stated “they accuse me of talking in opposition to the authorities after I talk approximately the problems of servicemen”.

On the Centre’s 3 farm laws, Gandhi stated that the authorities had additionally brought “anti-farmer laws” however farmers compelled the authorities and the PM needed to admit his fault. “But the PM couldn’t understand his fault and farmers had been compelled to stay on roods for one yr…” he added.

Leaders from social sciences and era fields marched with Gandhi whilst the yatra resumed, the celebration stated.

“Leaders in social science & tech marched with Rahul Gandhi withinside the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” the Congress stated in a tweet.

“Prof Sheila Sen Jasanoff (Holberg Prize 2022), Prof Jay H Jasanoff, and Dr Mohd Arif (Professor of History, Varanasi) joined the combat in opposition to regressive ideology,” it stated.

Gandhi changed into visible retaining the hand of a younger infant taking walks along him.

Several senior Congress leaders from Haryana, such as Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja, Deepender Singh Hooda, Karan Singh Dalal, Udai Bhan and Kuldeep Sharma, joined Gandhi for the yatra.

The yatra’s resumption changed into barely not on time after Gandhi, who had long gone returned to Delhi on Thursday night time to fulfill his unwell mother, again for the restart.

Gandhi’s mother, former Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, changed into admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Wednesday for remedy of a viral respiration infection.

The yatra changed into accorded a heat welcome with the aid of using Congress leaders and people because it re-entered Haryana on Thursday nighttime.

On Friday, because the foot march handed via diverse localities, not unusualplace humans can be visible becoming a member of the march. Some, such as girls and children, stood on rooftops and waved because the yatra handed via.

Gandhi changed into once more visible in his white t-shirt, which has end up a warm subject matter of debate in lots of circles.

In the afternoon, Gandhi, celebration leader Mallikarjun Kharge and different senior leaders addressed the general public assembly in Panipat.