Addressing a rally in Telangana’s Bhupalpally, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi said, if the party comes to power, it will first focus on the welfare of the tribes. The party will ensure protection to their forest, land and water and that it will bring Tribal bill in the state. Attacking the KCR government, the Congress President said, ” on one hand Telangana is under debt and on the other hand KCR’s son income keeps growing 400 per cent.”
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Telangana and Rajasthan, both the Congress and BJP are addressing a series of rallies today. While Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is in Telangana, BJP chief Amit Shah will address the public in Rajasthan. The two states are slated to go to polls on December 7, the results of which will be announced on December 11. In its manifesto which was released early this morning, the Congress in Rajasthan vowed to waive the loans of the farmers, besides providing free education to women and jobs to the youth. Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot also announced that the party intends to give Rs 3,500 monthly allowance to the unemployed youths of the state.