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He followed this up by two days' visit to Orissa to motivate the tribal youths to join politics to solve their problems. "Empowerment of tribals is possible if they enter political field in large numbers," said Rahul Gandhi.

I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their dear ones and I pray for them and assured that the government would do everything in its power to prevent such attacks in the future. The perpetrators of the crime have not yet been traced. In the final analysis, it is the unity and strength of the people that will defeat these efforts to divide our people and destroy our civilized way of life, the Prime Minister said.

Mahatama Gandhi NREGA is most important programme. There is lack of implementation of this programme. Lokpal Bill is fundamental. But it treats a disease after it happens. You have to think about the disease before it happens.

Corruption harms the poorest people the most. It harms the poor tribals and it harms the poor farmer in Uttar Pradesh. Funds to the tune of Rs 33,000 crores have been made available to the state. The question is not of funds because today the Centre has plenty of funds. The question is of implementation.

Farmers fight is our fight. The Uttar Pradesh government is working to benefit the builders and not farmers. People of the state are "disunited" and that is the reason why touts are running the sate of Uttar Pradesh. Unless farmers get united, they would continue to suffer and things would not change by themselves.

There are thousands of farmers who have not been paid fair compensation. The villagers are feeling helpless and pushed to the wall as they have no means other than their agricultural lands from which they earn their livelihood. The UP government is stealthily grabbing the lands of the people. When people protest the state government orders firing upon the innocent people.

Rahul Gandhi assured the members of the victims' family that they will be compensated and the injured will be treated. He added that justice will be done and the guilty would be punished. Last week Congress President Sonia Gandhi had sent a team of party leaders to console and offer relief amount among the victims. The party has given Rs one lakh each to the family of the deceased and Rs 25,000 each to the injured

To instill confidence and feeling of security among the victims the Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi personally visited the affected area and reached out to villagers who were till then scared and were being terrified by the local police. The visit has filled up the void which would surely encourage the traumatized families to resume their daily routine life once again.

Rahul Gandhi visited the family members of eight-month old dead child Naushad. He met his grandfather Rafiq Ansari and consoled the grieved family. He shared their sorrow and said no amount of consolation for the dead child was enough. He assured the families of the dead that he would get them justice and would make every possible effort in that direction.

The land is now emotive issue. Now soaps would not do. It is a matter of securing due rights of the farmers to them. That is why Rahul Gandhi's struggle for the farmers is on the right foot and sure to secure to the farmers due compensation for their lands.