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Rahul vows 'minimum income guarantee' to poor if voted to power in 2019

The announcement of Congress President is politically significant in the run up for the general election

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses Parivartan Sankalp Samavesh in Bhubaneswar on Friday, January 25, 2019. Photo: @INCIndia

R Krishna Das Raipur
Taking a leaf out of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plan, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday played a masterstroke by announcing minimum income for poor people.

“The Congress has decided to take a historic decision... If voted to power in 2019, the Congress-led government is committed to a minimum income guarantee for every poor person, to help eradicate poverty and hunger," Rahul Gandhi said at a farmers' rally in Raipur Monday evening. 

The Congress President said, "We cannot build a new India while millions of our brothers and sisters suffer the scourge of poverty. We have now taken a step

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