Amta (West Bengal): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh mocked Thursday Congress’s promises to eradicate poverty in the country, and said India will actually be freed of poverty the day it gets rid of the Congress during an election rally here.
Addressing an election in this Howrah district town, Singh said since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress has been promising eradication of poverty.
“Now, Rahul Gandhi is also assuring that. The fact is the day the country becomes free of the Congress, it will also get freedom from poverty,” Rajnath stated.
The Union Home Minister also did not spare the Trinamool Congress also. Singh alleged that democracy has ceased to exist under its rule in the state.
“Democracy ceased to exist in Bengal. The way violence has been unleashed on opposition parties, is it a sign of democracy? In Bengal, we would fight till we restore democracy,” he asserted.
Under the TMC rule, ‘all the three – the mother, the motherland and the people are suffering’, was Singh’s comment as he referred to the regional party’s slogan of ‘Ma, Maati o Manush’ (mother, earth and people).
