Politics needs cleansing and change: Rahul Gandhi
12 Oct 2012 5:37 AM IST
With his party's central government facing several scams, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday urged youths to come forward to 'cleanse and change politics'.
'We want you to come to politics, cleanse it and change it,' Gandhi, wearing a white kurta and blue jeans, told a well-attended rally of the National Students Union of India [NSUI] at Punjab University campus here.
'I have been in politics for eight years. One thing I see clearly, the level of participation of youths is not there. Whether in jobs, corruption, development, you are the solution. You have to run this country. You have the power and the knowledge to run it,' he said.
Gandhi said that the NSUI and the Youth Congress, the student and youth wings of the 127-year-old party, were the only ones to give youths a chance to enter politics.
'Doors of politics were closed for you. We opened them in NSUI and Youth Congress. On Thursday, lakhs of youths, who do not have any relatives in politics, are in our organisation. When we talked of elected NSUI and Youth Congress in Punjab, other parties said this cannot be done. We did it and showed to them not only in Punjab but whole of India,' he asserted.
He said that when other parties are asked about elections [for youth], they do not reply. Quoting a diplomat from a European country, Gandhi said that if the 20th century was that of oil as source of energy, the 21st century was that of youth. He said India has enough human resource in its youths.
Gandhi said: 'What is happening to human resource in Punjab. Seven out of 10 youths have the problem of drugs.' He claimed that the government in Punjab was not giving unemployment allowance to the young people. 'We send scholarship money for SC, ST categories. It is not utilised here [in Punjab] and is sent back,' he said. IANS
STIRRING THE YOUNG GUNS
'We want you to come to politics, cleanse it and change it,' Gandhi, wearing a white kurta and blue jeans, told a well-attended rally of the National Students Union of India [NSUI] at Punjab University campus here.
'I have been in politics for eight years. One thing I see clearly, the level of participation of youths is not there. Whether in jobs, corruption, development, you are the solution. You have to run this country. You have the power and the knowledge to run it,' he said.
Gandhi said that the NSUI and the Youth Congress, the student and youth wings of the 127-year-old party, were the only ones to give youths a chance to enter politics.
'Doors of politics were closed for you. We opened them in NSUI and Youth Congress. On Thursday, lakhs of youths, who do not have any relatives in politics, are in our organisation. When we talked of elected NSUI and Youth Congress in Punjab, other parties said this cannot be done. We did it and showed to them not only in Punjab but whole of India,' he asserted.
He said that when other parties are asked about elections [for youth], they do not reply. Quoting a diplomat from a European country, Gandhi said that if the 20th century was that of oil as source of energy, the 21st century was that of youth. He said India has enough human resource in its youths.
Gandhi said: 'What is happening to human resource in Punjab. Seven out of 10 youths have the problem of drugs.' He claimed that the government in Punjab was not giving unemployment allowance to the young people. 'We send scholarship money for SC, ST categories. It is not utilised here [in Punjab] and is sent back,' he said. IANS
STIRRING THE YOUNG GUNS
- I have been in politics for eight years. One thing I see clearly, the level of participation of youths is not there. Whether in jobs, corruption, development, you are the solution. You have to run this country. You have the power and the knowledge to run it.
- Doors of politics were closed for you. We opened them in NSUI and Youth Congress. On Thursday, lakhs of youths, who do not have any relatives in politics, are in our organisation. When we talked of elected NSUI and Youth Congress in Punjab, other parties said this cannot be done. We did it and showed to them not only in Punjab but whole of India.
- What is happening to human resource in Punjab. Seven out of 10 youths have the problem of drugs.
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