During an interaction with students in Pune on Friday, Congress Rahul Gandhi talked about his growth as a political leader and said ‘my courage comes from experience’.
“I am here, and I am what I am today, because of courage. My courage comes from experience and because I accept and face the truth. If you accept and face the truth, you get courage, and if you believe and live in lies, you get fear,” Gandhi said.
Talking about his recent promises, he said, “I speak the truth… I don’t like make empty promises. Sometimes when I speak the truth, it may not seem exciting, but it is the truth.”
On Congress’s poll promise of minimum income guarantee – Nyay scheme – he elaborated, “If I have said we will give Rs 72,000 to the poorest 5 crore families, it will happen. We have even spoken about the phases and ways it will be rolled out.”
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He also spoke to the students on various issues including demonetisation and job loss.
“Demonetisation was a disastrous idea. You can ask any economist. It had a terrible effect. Two per cent of GDP was lost. Millions of jobs were lost. Frankly, nothing can be done about demonetisation now as the damage has been done,” he said.
Gandhi also talked about the Indian education system, saying, “In our education system, skills have to become the key. Countries like US emphasise on more on skills than we do.”
He further added that students are the assets of a nation and Indian students are among the most brilliant in the world.
The Congress president is also scheduled to hold rallies in Chandrapur and Wardha later in the day.