AMBEDKARNAGAR: Urging his audience of the khaat panchayat held in Ambedkarnagar to turn the table on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the situation today is ‘Janata Trast, Modi aur unke mitr Mast’ (Public frustrated, Modi and his friends are elated), which should be reversed to Modi Trast, Public Mast.The Congress vice-president on this occasion accused the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of spreading the venom of communal animosity and hatred in the society. Issuing a stern warning to the BJP & RSS, Rahul Gandhi, said, “Country runs on brotherhood, peace and amity. Communal conflict would only take the country backward.”Sharpening his attack on the RSS, Rahul said, “The RSS wrote letters to the British to set free its leaders. Nearly half-a-dozen letters were written to request the release of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The Congress leaders (such as Jawaharlal Nehru) on the other hand stood firm against the British, faced their torture, went to jail and fought for India’s independence.”Rahul also emphasized on the fact that it was the Congress, which ushered in the Green revolution in the country and built the Bhakra Nangal dam. “Did the RSS built the Bhakra Nangal dam? No, it was the Congress,” Rahul said and added that it was the Congress, which played a major role in nationalization of the banks.Replying to a question of reservation of women in Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, Rahul said, “Since, RSS is an all-men organization, with no representation of women, it would be folly to presume that the BJP government would provide reservation to the women in Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies. But, if the Congress is voted to power, we would think on those lines.”“The Congress brought in the Land Acquisition bill in the Parliament, while BJP and other political parties snatched it away from the farmers. In fact the Act brought by us also had the provision of seeking the permission of the farmer, and giving compensation, which was almost 4 times the market rate,” the Congress vice-president said.He further recalled the tale of a woman of Bhatta-Parsaul, whose land was forcibly taken away by the then Uttar Pradesh government. “However, the current government was hell bent in amending the Land Acquisition Act, and tried it for 3 times. They gave up when the ultimately realized that it could not be done. PM Modi had promised the farmers during his election rallies that if voted to power, the BJP would give 50% additional amount to the farmer in addition to his input cost,” Rahul said, and added that as a result of which the farmer who is selling the daal at Rs 40 per kg, is forced to buy them at an exorbitant price of Rs 200 per kg.Taking a jibe at PM Modi, the Congress vice-president said that PM Modi is helping all his industrialist friends and is travelling with them in the jets and also facilitating their meeting with foreign heads of the state. “Has he ever allowed the farmers and labourers to travel with him,” Rahul asked the crowd.The Congress vice-president also declared that if the current government does not waive off the loans of the farmers, then the Congress would do so, once it comes back to power. He also blamed the PM of not taking enough steps to reduce the price of petrol despite decline in global prices. “Is the money going to pocket of Narendra Modi”? Rahul asked the audience.Taking credit for waiving of Rs 70,000 crore of farmers’ debt during the UPA regime, the Congress vice-president observed that PM Modi has waived off Rs 1,10,000 crore of loans pertaining to top industrials and businessman.“This is almost thrice the funds allocated to MNREGA (Rs 35,000 crore). But, those who have nothing such as the farmers, labourers, youth and women seem to be at the receiving end of the government’s bonanza,” Rahul said.Taking cognizance of the alleged theft of cots from his Deoria khaat panchayat, Rahul said, “I want to ask PM Modi why it is so that if 2-3 farmers are taking away cots, they are branded as thieves, but when Vijay Malaya has fled the country with almost Rs 10,000 crore, he is termed as a defaulter.”In Ambedkarnagar, Rahul Gandhi greeted people at different kiosks set up by the party near tehsil tri-section. He also visited the Dargah of Kichaucha Sharif and winded up his Ambedkarnagar’s programme.