Mandya: Former Minister Umashree said that the Congress Government did hundreds of developmental works in nation which had made poors to be happy.
Addressing the gathering of Congress Party Women Convention at Koppa in Mandya District on Monday she said that Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gave pension to widows, and also gave ration cards to poors. She said that the Congress Government has distributed lands to thousands of poors, landless in the State through imposing Land reforms Act. But the poors who availed lands are not with Congress now, she rued.
She said that it is time we remember that mother who raised the poor. “Indira Gandhi was killed by people who shot Mahatma Gandhi. The people of whole country mourned the death of Indira Gandhi,” she said.
She said that the people should vote Congress by keeping away ruling BJP which made communal agenda to get votes. The BJP has created toxicity between caste and creed, she noted and compared the Hitler’s administration with the current BJP Government. She said that it is creating a situation where the poor and farmers cannot live. The BJP is ruling on the basis of religion and lies such as Dattamale issue in Chikkamagaluru, Nanjegowda and Urigowda in Mandya, Halal, Hijab issue and thus creating communal unrest.
She said that the Congress Party would win in next Assembly election with thumping majority. She said that we don’t need castes in society, while BJP is trying to divide the society on the lines of caste. We should reject BJP, she said.
Criticising BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s statement that banks would collapse if given loans to poors she ridiculed Surya by saying how many banks collapsed after giving loans to poors and how many collapsed giving loans to rich industrialists.