New Delhi sources stated that Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised his party would ensure “minimum income guarantee” for every poor person if it comes to power at the Centre, echoing the ‘Garibi Hatao’ (Remove Poverty) slogan coined by his grandmother Indira Gandhi during the 1971 general elections that she won. Meanwhile Mr. Gandhi said this means every poor person in India will have a minimum income and further this means there will be no hungry, poor people in India”.
Accordingly “This will be a historic move. No other country in the world has taken such an initiative so far.” Reportedly Mr. Gandhi gave a broad outline of the measure, saying that a fixed amount would be transferred to the account of each unemployed poor person in the country. He added “There will be one India, and in that India, the Congress will give minimum income to every poor person. No government in the world has done this till now. The Congress is going to do that; it will be a historic feat”.
Moreover the BJP led NDA government also rejected the farmers’ plea to write off their loans offering a similar argument and the announcement was made at the Kisan Abhar Sammelan to express gratitude to farmers.
