Rahul Gandhi spots youths wearing 'main bhi chowkidar' T-shirts at his rally, throws a question at them

Gandhi, who had launched a no-holds-barred attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his rally, spotted some youths who were wearing the T-shirts having the "main bhi chowkidar" (I, too, am a watchman) slogan of the BJP.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Congress

CHURU: Amid the high decibel campaigning for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi was addressing an election rally in Sardarshahar town of Rajasthan's Churu district on Monday. Gandhi, who had launched a no-holds-barred attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the meeting, spotted some youths who were wearing the T-shirts having the "main bhi chowkidar" (I, too, am a watchman) slogan of the BJP. Acknowledged their presence, Gandhi said: "You are wearing T-shirt of the 'chowkidar' (watchman). You all are welcome here." He also asked them about the 2 crore jobs promised by Modi. "Chowkidar' ji had also promised 2 crore jobs. Anyone among you got the jobs?" Gandhi asked, pointing to the youths who were wearing the T-shirts. The Congress chief first said Modi had promised Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of all Indians and asked whether anyone present in the rally had received the amount. Gandhi accused Modi of giving public money to the top 15 rich people, adding that the Congress wants to give money to the poor through its proposed minimum income support scheme, Nyay. Under the scheme, Rs 72,000 will be deposited annually in the bank accounts of the poorest 5 crore women of the country, Gandhi explained. "The money to run the scheme will not come from the bank accounts of the middle class and shopkeepers or from the pockets of honest businessmen." Gandhi pointed out to the farmers' budget promised by the Congress if it comes to power. "After the 2019 election, two budgets are going to be presented in India. The first budget will be the special budget for the farmers. Not after the general budget, it will be presented before the general budget." In the budget, Gandhi said, the farmers would be told how much money the government was going to give them in a year. Issues of minimum support price (MSP) and compensation will be clear in the budget, he added.