PM Modi makes hollow promises, remembers farmers only during elections: Rahul Gandhi

PM Modi makes hollow promises, remembers farmers only during elections: Rahul Gandhi

Escalating his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "making hollow promises", Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said PM offered loans to liquor baron and "thieves" like Vijay Mallya but imposed difficulties upon farmers and small traders.

"Modiji makes false promises. He remembers farmers and the poor only during elections," Rahul said in an election rally in Congress strong hold Rae Bareli.

Accusing Modi of offering loans to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who has a debt of Rs 1,200 crore and staying in London, Rahul said, "Modiji gave loans to thieves like Mallya but imposed difficulties upon farmers and small traders through his note ban decision".

Addressing a gathering in the presence of his sister Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul asked PM to show where are the promised achche din.

"PM had promised to change Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency and vowed to clean Ganga, set up a Bhojpuri film city and provide free internet but nothing has been done. He made hollow promises," he said.

"Modi showed a movie, Shahrukh Khan’s DDLJ, promising achche din in 2014. Two-and-a-half years later, we witnessed the arrival of Sholay’s Gabbar Singh," he added.

Rahul reiterated that Modi doesn't need to form government in UP in order to waive off the loans taken by farmers.

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