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NEW DELHI: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that he had warned about the poor conditions in Gorakhpur's government hospitals a year ago when he visited the town and still nothing was done to remedy it."I went to Gorakhpur hospital, I told mediapersons about it a year ago. This hospital needs money there will be big loss here. For one year nothing happened," said Rahul, kicking off the Congress party's campaign in Ahmedabad, ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat.He was referring to a tragedy last month in Gorakhpur in the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh wherein the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital district due to an alleged shortage of oxygen.The Congress leader blamed the BJP government for the poor health services offered and said the party's policies and policy goals are anti-poor, which is why it wanted to privatise essential services like health and education."The privatisation of education and health service cannot be allowed. We will give free medical services in Gujarat," he promised.The Congress vice president also slammed the NDA government for its alleged crony capitalism and said that India's small traders can fight competitive threats from China if they are given "Tata-like benefits.""India's small traders can fight China. Gujarat's small traders can fight against China if Tata-like benefits are given" to them said Rahul. "The amount Modiji gave the Tatas to manufacture the Nano could have wiped out Gujarat farmers' debts twice," he added.The Congress leader blamed the BJP government in the state for not encouraging entrepreneurs and small business."Gujarat was once the world leader in textile manufacturing but it is now being overtaken by Bangladesh. Gujarat's entrepreneurs are not getting anything," said Rahul, adding that the state could actually be a model for the whole country if its entrepreneurs and small businesses were given more encouragement."The Congress will fully focus on reviving small and medium enterprises...The Congress will give money to small businesses in Gujarat," promised Rahul.Rahul also said the Centre has not kept its promise on jobs"We will give jobs in government," he said.As for the passage of the, Rahul said the idea was originally that of the Congress party. The NDA's version of GST though is vastly different from what the Congress envisaged, he added."We demanded 18% (tax rate) but they proposed 28%. The government wanted drama on GST so started at midnight without any (prior) trial. Gujarat's traders are the worst affected by GST in its current form", he said.