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Rahul says India not shining during NDA

Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi says India will be shining only when it will be able to eradicate poverty and unemployment.
Addresing an election meeting at Lakhimpur on Monday, he said poverty in India shows that India is not shining.

Gandhi underlined the need to uplift the poor and the adivasi community along the development process, he exhorted voters here to support Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in ensuring the country's progress. He was campaigning for Lakhimpur Congress candidate Ranee Narah. Later he left for Nagaon to address another poll rally in Nagaon.

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