Gujarat model meant to serve the rich, of no help to the poor: Rahul in Bharuch rally

Slamming the ruling BJP government while addressing a rally in Jambusar in Gujarat's Bharuch, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said, "Ninety per cent colleges in Gujarat are now in the hands of top industrialists. Youths hailing from the poor or middle-class backgrounds cannot at all go to private colleges as they will first have to shell out between Rs 5 to 15 lakh first".

His views were greeted to a thunderous applause.

Several government colleges have been closed down. Same is the case with hospitals, he said. "If you cannot shell out money, you will not be treated, but thrown out of the hospital."   

Trying to bust the myth of the success of the Gujarat model as often claimed by the BJP, Rahul said, "Gujarat model is meant to serve the rich. It is of no help to the poor."