KOCHI: Kicking off his election marketing campaign within the state, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, MP, on Monday attacked the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF authorities on the controversial deep-sea fishing deal signed with a US agency, saying the federal government cancelled the settlement after it was “caught red-handed” by the Congress.
Starting his marketing campaign from the fishing community-dominated Vypeen constituency in Ernakulam, Rahul highlighted the federal government’s now-cancelled fishing cope with US firm EMCC Worldwide, which the Congress-led opposition had been calling a “bid to dump the state’s marine wealth, endangering the livelihood of lakhs of fishermen within the state”.
“LDF was compelled to cancel the settlement when the deal was uncovered. It’s like a thief saying he’s harmless when he’s caught red-handed from your own home. That is the spirit with which the LDF authorities is functioning,” Rahul mentioned.The previous Congress president, who additionally addressed a slew of conventions in Ernakulam district, together with Tripunithura and Fort Kochi, additionally criticised the LDF authorities over its failure to generate jobs within the state.
“If the nation can not give jobs to folks, the latter haven’t any future. Kerala has lakhs of kids. I would like you to ask your self, do you’re feeling snug getting a job in future?” the 51-year-old Gandhi scion requested, standing on his car. “That is the state of affairs throughout the nation,” he mentioned.
Rahul additionally got here down in opposition to the PSC job difficulty in Kerala, the place CPM sympathisers had been allegedly given jobs out of flip by the federal government. “I used to be shocked to seek out that completely eligible folks, succesful children, had been being bypassed solely to offer jobs for folks from a specific organisation. The accountability of a authorities is to offer jobs to children, not giving jobs to folks from their organisations,” he mentioned.He mentioned jobs may very well be created solely when individuals are introduced collectively.
“The very first thing you need to do if you wish to generate jobs is to convey folks collectively. Individuals should imagine that they’re combating for a similar factor. You can not have a divided, offended society, after which anticipate progress for jobs. You can not beat folks, and kill folks and anticipate progress. It doesn’t occur like that,” he mentioned.
Earlier, Rahul, who’s on a two-day election marketing campaign within the state, held an interactive session with college students at St Teresa’s School, Ernakulam. He additionally addressed varied constituencies in Alappuzha on Monday.
On Tuesday, he’ll tackle public conferences in Paruthumpara in Kottayam constituency, Manarcaud in Oommen Chandy’s Puthuppally, Ponkunnam in Kanjirappally, Pala, Piravom, Kunathunad, Muvattupuzha, Perumbavoor and Angamaly constituencies.
