"If you trust the poor, the country goes ahead faster”,Rahul Gandhi ;flays NDA's 'India Shining' claim

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today ridiculed NDA's 'India Shining' campaign, saying so long as "there is one poor and one unemployed in
the country, India cannot shine".

"If you trust the poor, the country goes ahead faster. The poor in the country have shown that India is not shining contrary to the NDA's claim," Gandhi said at an election meeting in this Upper Assam town.

"Till there is one poor and one unemployed in the country, India cannot shine. This is our belief and we will go ahead holding everyone's hand," the AICC general secretary said.

Underlining the need to promote the poor and the adivasi community along the development process, he exhorted voters here to support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in ensuring the country's progress.

"Elections are here, support Manmohanji and Soniaji and make them victorious so that they can work for the poor, the adivasis for the country's development," he said.(PTI)