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Congress allied with Samajwadi Party to transform U.P., says Rahul Gandhi.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi says that Indias institutions are under attack from the RSS and the BJP and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself is not open to ideas or listening to people.

There are two elements to it, one on the policy side, the other element is the personal relationship.

On the personal side, its great, there is no problem at all.

We are building our position.

It doesnt mean that the Samajwadi Party (SP) is not going to strengthen itself or that the Congress is not going to strengthen itself.

Its basically the leading alliance now in the State.

Their policies are resulting in quite a lot of discontent.

Of course, elections make a difference.

Beating up Dalits in Gujarat, minorities across the country, are all examples.

Thats not the way India runs.

There are two or three things that the decision to demonetise currency demonstrates.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is an example.

It reflects a particular leadership style, a world view that the Prime Minister knows everything and that idea is visible in how he deals with his Cabinet.

The second aspect of demonetisation is that the Prime Minister says he was targeting black money; 94% of black money isnt in cash, so effectively you are not going after the lions share of black money.

Its a devastating step for anybody who is part of the legitimate cash economy.

So, even the idea of ease of doing business has been destroyed.

Its basically the RSS and the BJP trying to capture as many Indian institutions as possible.

So these institutions are of no use to them, they are simply hindrances.

Even if he /she imagined doing this, the Congress partys respect for institutions would ensure that it is practically impossible for him to do it.

There is no space in the Modi government for the ones who disagree.

They therefore, feel no need to consult institutions like the Planning Commission or RBI.

The role of the Prime Minister and the government system is to absorb this knowledge, listen to these people, and respect Indias knowledge.

If you dont want to sign off on these decisions leave we will put someone else in your place, who wont have that problem.

The Opposition has to build on that sentiment and deliver an alternative idea, deliver a vision for this country.

This year, hes generated no jobs.

I dont know where he has been successful.

What I am pointing to is Mr.

No I dont think so.

One man decides everything and there is no conversation, there is no listening to anybody.

It allows conversations to thrive, it brings in large numbers of voices.

The idea that its run by one family is not true.

I had an AAP gentleman come in this [Wednesday] morning to join the Congress.

The Congress party is a highly democratic system and a lot of conversations take place.

Thats what we do at our meetings we sit, people talk and we discuss, listen and decide.

We in Congress listen to what you say and then we try to build a structure.

That is for the party to decide.

Modi, for all his speeches, is failing India with regard to job creation.

There is a tremendous amount of skill and knowledge in this country..

My belief is that this knowledge hasnt been allowed to unleash itself.

If you want to create jobs revive the leather industry in Kanpur, revive the brass industry in Moradabad..

Create a vision for the country, bring people in, give them financial support, give them infrastructure support.

We need to have a response to that.

He has failed on that.

Then there is infrastructure and how this infrastructure fits into the job creation model.

But we are not really working on it.

We were in power for 10 years, a certain amount of anger was there.

But the reality is that the Congress party is the organisation that can give you a vision.

The RSS and BJP are not capable of having that conversation.

And their response to me is: tumhe nahin maloom(you dont know).

Thats the model.

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