Added: Mar 12, 2008
From: pressbriefin
Duration: 7:8
Quoting the example of successful implementation of NREGA in Congress ruled Andhra Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi said, " Andhra Pradesh is by far the best performer as far as NREGA is concerned. I've seen the details of their program; I've seen how they look at the program. It is benefiting millions of people of Andhra Pradesh. " "We, the young MP's of the party went to see the Prime Minister to raise certain issues about the implementation and monitoring of NREGA. There are deficiencies in monitoring and implementation of the program that can be corrected. The meeting with the Prime Minister was quite useful and he said that he would look into it". "Another thing I sensed about Orissa is that a lot of the development work done is relatively adhoc. You know you do something here, and you do something elsewhere. To me there seems to be a lack of coherent strategy. Orissa has a lot of natural resources. It's one of the riches states with regard to natural resources. The way these natural resources are being used could be improved significantly." " I'm not the state government of Orissa, so that poses relatively a big problem. Even though the central government can support Orissa, and it does support Orissa through various programs and funding, in large ways the distribution of those funds, the implementation of those programs is up to the government of Orissa. So that's a significant problem in addressing the issues of Orissa. I will however have a lot to say to the people at the centre about my views. About what is happening here. Of how the centre can help". " The term Bharat Darshan is a phrase coined by my friends in the media, not by myself. To me the Orissa tour and all such other tours are a journey in understanding and getting close to the people. I don't think the terminology that is being used in the media is correct. So "The discovery of India tour", I don't see it as that for me. It is just learning, understanding and conversing with the people of Orissa. It will continue doing it for the rest of my life. " When asked for his views on the Marathi, non Marathi controversy in Maharasthra , Rahul Gandhi said, " We as a party believe that all Indian's rich or poor are same. He is first an Indian. So every Indian has a right to travel to any other part of the country."
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