Maha Govt was toppled to hand over Dharavi project to Adani, says Rahul

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the Maharashtra Government was “stolen” through money as it was a “deal” for the Dharavi redevelopment project, awarded to an Adani Group entity.

Speaking at a rally at Chimur in Chandrapur district, he accused PM Modi of promoting lie that he (Rahul Gandhi) was against the Constitution and reservations. He said he keeps displaying the Constitution at his election rallies to remind people of the struggle and sacrifices of the national icons, who built the country.

“I spoke in the Lok Sabha in front of the Prime Minister that we should remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations and conduct a caste census. Still the PM lies, saying I am against reservations and the Constitution,” the Congress leader said.

The BJP insults our national icons and the people of the country when it says I show a red book claiming it to be the Constitution,” he said, responding to the saffron party’s claim that the book’s red cover suggested association with “urban Naxals.”

“Dalits, Adivasis and Backward Classes together account for 90 per cent of the population, but their share in decision-making process is minimal. The Constitution speaks of equitable distribution of resourcesand only the Congress was following the tenets of the Constitution in letter and spirit,” he said.

Unemployment and inflation are spiralling out of control and the poor cannot afford to get their children married while crores of rupees are spent at marriages in industrialist families, Gandhi alleged.

On the Dharavi redevelopment project in Mumbai, he had said that the lands of rich people were never acquired. “Had only 10 rich people been living in Dharavi, the land would have never been acquired. Have you heard of rich people’s land being taken? Why should only the land of the poor people and farmers are acquired?” Gandhi said.