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Campaign ends with Rahul’s road show

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VADODARA: The Congress campaign for the second phase closed with a road show by All-India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi in Vadodara on Friday.

Passing through all the three Assembly constituencies in the city, Mr. Gandhi charmed the people, particularly youth, shaking hands with bystanders and responding to greetings from the public. He also briefly addressed meetings in the segments.

Before arriving in Vadodara, Mr. Gandhi briefly addressed a public meeting in Limdi in Dahod district calling upon the people to throw out the Modi government which indulged in “false propaganda, doing nothing concrete for the people during the last five years of its rule.”

Calling upon the people to follow Mahatma Gandhiji’s principle of truth, he said Mr. Modi only made tall claims about development. “He told you that his government has given 34,000 acres of forest land to 45,000 tribal families, but the ground reality is not even one acre of land has been given to anyone. He announced about Rs. 15,000 crores welfare projects for the tribals, but not a penny was spend for it this year. He claims to have provided 24-hour power supply to the villages, but I am told here not even six hours supply is available.”

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