BJP looting Chhatisgarh like thieves: Rahul Gandhi

Kharsiya: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday dubbed BJP as a “party of thieves” and accused it of “looting natural resources” of Chhattisgarh.
“I want one thing from the son of Nandkumar Patel…. I want not one but around 500 Nand Kuma Patels. I will not bring them from Delhi, I want them from the crowd here who can stand up and kick out BJP from here… these thieves from here,” Rahul said while addressing a poll rally in Kharsiya, the home constituency of slain state unit Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, ahead of the second phase of polling on Tuesday.
“On May 25, Nand Kumar Patel was killed in Jiram Ghati. (However) For common tribals and dalits every day is May 25 and every place is Jiram Ghati. Atrocities on women is also May 25 and when youth are devoid of education then that day is also May 25 and that place is Jiram Ghati,” Rahul said.

Lauding the efforts of Patel, he said, the PCC chief never wanted to be a minister or a candidate for elections but only wanted to serve the common people.

“Watching him (Patel) for the first time, I felt that he will become chief minister as he was connected with the people and the ground. Whenever I talked with him, he never spoke of becoming candidate or minister. He always said that he wanted to fight for the people,” Rahul said.

Alleging that natural resources are being looted in Chhattisgarh, the Congress vice-president said, “If the wealth of this state is given to women, children and people, this state can emerge like Delhi and Haryana”.

Rahul further said, “Had Nand Kumar Patel became chief minister, then he would have been the CM for 15 years because he was associated with common man and knew their plight”.