Terming the BJP laments on the Maoist attack as shedding crocodile tears, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that Congress is the party which has sacrifice and development for the people. She was addressing a election rally in Chhattisgarh.
She recalled the Maoist attack on its frontline leaders in Chhattisgarh, and accused the BJP government in the state of shedding "crocodile tears" over the incident.
Addressing a crowd of around 20,000 people here, Sonia Gandhi reminded them of the May 25 incident when the party's frontline leadership was wiped out in the rebel attack.
On the occasion, Sonia said, "Congress is a party of sacrifice and development. Our leadership sacrificed their lives. We are missing them.”
Sonia Gandhi accused the BJP government of failing to develop the state in the past 10 years, and said poverty had increased and that women were not safe.
She further said, "They (BJP) claim they have brought development, but poverty has increased in the rural areas of the state in the past 10 years," she said at her rally at the Vikas Nagar stadium.
"The mineral-rich state has become backward and the women feel unsafe here. Maoist violence has killed a number of innocent people," she said.
Sonia Gandhi highlighted the pro-poor and pro-reform central legislations like the Food Security Act and the Land Acquisition Act beside the rural job plan and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Sonia Gandhi said the Congress believes in inclusive growth.
It is noted that the BJP has been ruling Chhattisgarh for 10 years now under Chief Minister Raman Singh.
(With inputs from IANS)
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