SAHARANPUR: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday took jibes at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying while the PM was busy with his visits abroad, Congress stood with farmers and labourers .

"When Narendra Modi is flying to England, Rahul Gandhi is standing here amongst you in your fields. I want to tell you that we are with you. Congress is standing with you and will die and keep standing with you," he said, addressing the farmers in Uttar Pradesh ahead of starting his 'padayatra'.

He also said, "Have you ever seen Modiji taking selfie with a farmer? Or a labourer? Or even an unemployed person."

He also took a dig at Modi's 'achche din' slogan, saying it has become a joke. "When Lok Sabha elections were held a lot of people supported Narendra Modi. He claimed that he will change India. He does not even remember his own slogan of 'achche din ayenge'. When we talk of 'achche din' people laugh across the country. Where are those good days?"

"He travels abroad, flies to London, Singapore, America, but good days have not come. In India, 'achche din' will only come when farmers, labourers, poor, dalits, tribals will have good days. Only then will good days come for Congress," Gandhi added.

Buoyed by the victory of 'Grand Alliance' in Bihar polls, which Congress was a part of, Rahul Gandhi took on the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due in 2017. "Akhilesh Yadavji, you claimed to belong to the new generation and promised to change Uttar Pradesh. You still have one-and-a-half years time to change Uttar Pradesh. Go amidst farmers and resolve the sugarcane issue, give money to farmers, start the shut sugar mills and provide jobs to youth," he said.

In an apparent dig at Modi and BJP, Rahul said for him everyone was one and an Indian, be it from any religion or caste. "I don't divide people and work to unite them and will continue to do so," he said.

The Congress vice president also highlighted how the farmers were not welcome in banks that laid a red carpet for the rich and how the Congress-led UPA waived off Rs 70,000 crore of farmers' loans.

He said Congress government launched the world's biggest job scheme in MNREGA that provided guaranteed jobs to the poor and gave crores of money in the hands of the poor.