Rahul attacks Modi govt over cancellation of Amethi Food Park: As it happened

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha over the cancellation of Amethi Food Park issue. Here are the live updates:

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha over the cancellation of Amethi Food Park issue. Here are the updates:

• We are not indulging in politics of vendetta, reiterates Home Minister Rajnath Singh
• Rajnath Singh ji said he will look into the matter. However, there is nothing to look into. The project has to go ahead - Rahul Gandhi
• It is sad that Food Park has been cancelled - Rahul Gandhi
• But silently, this Food Park has been cancelled - Rahul Gandhi
• I was happy to hear PM say that he won't cause loss to Amethi - Rahul Gandhi
• PM had promised that he won't indulge in politics of vendetta - Rahul Gandhi
• Food Park is an opportunity for farmers to directly sell their produce - Rahul Gandhi
• Our words should carry weight - Rahul Gandhi
• As politicians, our credibility is by what we say - Rahul Gandhi
• Rahul Gandhi is right now speaking to reporters.
• Only government cannot ensure development - Rajnath Singh
• There is no question of politics of revenge here - Rajnath Singh
• But still, I will get the matter investigated - Rajnath Singh
• As far as I am aware, the company allotted the Food Park itself withdrew from it - Rajnath Singh
• The Food Park got in-principle approval in 2010 - Rajnath Singh
• Home Minister Rajnath Singh is responding to Rahul Gandhi.
• The Food Park will benefit farmers so please don't cancel it - Rahul Gandhi
• I feel that there is a politics of revenge. The Food Park in Amethi has been cancelled - Rahul Gandhi
• PM's promise is sacrosanct - Rahul Gandhi
• PM promised farmers but he is now going back on it by cancelling the Food Park - Rahul Gandhi
• The PM had said “I am not here to practice politics of revenge, but politics of change” - Rahul Gandhi
• When PM Narendra Modi had come to visit Amethi, he gave a 52-minute speech - Rahul Gandhi
• 10 districts would be benefited by this (Food Park), 40 factories were to be built there. Lakhs of people should have been benefited - Rahul Gandhi
• If we directly give our produce to the factories, then middlemen won't benefit, said the farmer - Rahul Gandhi
• A few years ago, a farmer asked me why chips are sold at Rs 10 while potatoes are sold at Rs 2 per kg - Rahul Gandhi
• I want to speak about the Food Park in Amethi here - Rahul Gandhi
• Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is speaking on the Amethi Food Park issue in the Lok Sabha.

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