Through the well attended rally, Rahul\u00a0Gandhi\u00a0started his party\u2019s election campaign in the hill state on Thursday by acknowledging the sacrifices made by the soldiers hailing from Uttarakhand in all the wars that the country had fought. He said that his family had also made sacrifices for the country and that is a strong connection between him and the people of Uttarakhand. \u00a0“The way thousands of\u00a0families\u00a0in\u00a0Uttarakhand\u00a0lose their kin battling for the country’s honour,\u00a0My\u00a0family\u00a0too has\u00a0made\u00a0sacrifices. This is\u00a0my\u00a0relationship with\u00a0Uttarakhand,” he said.<\/p>\n
He further said that he himself studied at Doon School, Dehradun.<\/p>\n
Taking a dig at the ruling dispensation, Rahul Gandhi said that only those who have sacrificed for the country could understand it. In another attack on the ruling BJP, he said that the name of her grandmother former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who took 32 bullets for the country was not even mentioned at the government event held to celebrate the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of Bangladesh war victory. \u201c She led the country to the historic victory,\u201d he added. Even the invitation card for the function did not carry her name because the central government is afraid of truth.<\/p>\n On the divisive agenda of the ruling BJP, Rahul Gandhi said that India won the 1971 war in just 13 days since the entire country was united as one. \u201cThe USA has taken 20 years to finish their war in Afghanistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Congress leader said that nowdays, the country is being divided and weakened. \u201cThe country does not become strong by tanks and missiles but by a united country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He further charged that the country is being run by three industrialists. On the issues of farmers\u2019 agitation , he said that Prime Minister did not offer any compensation to 700 farmers who lost their lives during the agitation but has waived off loans of his industrialist friends worth lakhs of crores.<\/p>\n Both the ruling BJP and main opposition Congress are trying to woo soldiers, ex-servicemen and their families due to their large presence in Uttarakhand. Both the parties are showing concern for the soldiers and defence personnels and their families.<\/p>\n Earlier on Wednesday, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a war memorial in Dehradun and the entry gate of it was named after CDS General Bipin Rawat. \u00a0Rahul Gandhi also paid homage to General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) who died in a helicopter crash on December 8. \u00a0(ends)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A united India defeated Pakistan in 13 days in 1971 war, US took 20 years to finish their war in Afghanistan: Rahul Gandhi S.M.A.KAZMI Dehradun , Dec 16 In an attempt to expose the nationalism being espoused by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Congress President Rahul Gandhi who addressed a massive \u201cVijay Samman …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,91,35],"tags":[129,119,127,128,130],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-national","category-sports","tag-1971-war","tag-congress","tag-rahul-gandhi","tag-uttarakhand-assembly-poll","tag-vijay-samman-rally"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rahul-Gandhi-1-300x180.jpg\")
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