Rahul Gandhi today gifted his constituency two new trains and a railway line, but said such steps alone would not pull the poor out of poverty.
"I reiterate it several times that laying railway lines and building airports alone will not pull the poor out of poverty...For this we have brought big schemes - first MNREGS and now food security scheme....," he said.
Terming food security scheme as a revolutionary step, he said the poor will get foodgrains every month at highly subsidised rates.
"This is a revolutionary step, which would change the face of the country," he said.
"For thousands of years people used to sleep hungry. Now this will not happen...Earlier there was slogan that we will eat 'half roti', now it has become 'puri roti khayenge' (we will eat full roti)," he said.
The Congress Vice-President was here to inaugurate two trains and lay foundation of a new railway line at a programme in Salon area where some people tried to show him black flags but were but were prevented from doing so by party workers.
Regretting that he could not devote as much time as required to his constituency, Rahul said after becoming Vice President of Congress he had to travel to many places, but once a month he tried to come here.
"However, I get strength from this relationship (with Amethi) and work with your blessings. I had visited Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram recently but I enjoy the most in Amethi," he said.
Striking an emotional chord with people, he said it was a dream of his father late Rajiv Gandhi that a railway line be laid here and this was being fulfilled today.
