Times of India: “In a veiled criticism of BJP‘s policies, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said politics of alienating communities affects growth and the Congress stood for inclusive growth even as he sidestepped questions on becoming Prime Minister.
Rahul Gandhi at a rally in Ernakulam, Kerala. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
India had witnessed faster economic growth under the UPA because it had greatly lowered tensions among communities and fostered harmony, the Congress vice-president said.
“When you play the politics of alienating communities, you stop the movement of people and ideas. When that happens we all suffer. Businesses suffer and the seeds of disharmony are sown and the dreams of our people are severely disrupted,” he said, adding that this damage takes a very long time to reverse.
“It is very dangerous to leave people behind. Inclusive growth is a win-win for everybody,” Rahul said addressing the Annual General Meeting of the CII here.
Likening India to a movement where a billion people were trying to break the shackles, he said there was a need to use the energy and ideas generated by this exercise to help everybody.
“There are two ways this movement can go. It can go harmoniously or it can go disruptively. The idea of the Congress party is that it should go harmoniously and everybody should move together and happily,” he said.
Anger, hatred and prejudice did not contribute to growth, he added.
Spelling out his priorities for India’s growth, Rahul Gandhi said: “The biggest danger is excluding people, excluding the poor, the middle class, the tribals, the Dalits.”
“Whenever we excluded women, the minorities, Dalits… we have always fallen back,” the 42-year-old Gandhi scion said.”
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