Rahul Gandhi said the Congress had been working on how to eradicate poverty for the last six months. SURATGARH: Congress president Rahul Gandhi promised a "surgical strike" on poverty a day after he announced the Rs. 6,000-a-month dole plan for India's poorest families, if the party is voted to power. He also kept up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. "We will eradicate poverty in the country. This is a ''dhamaka (blast)''. No country has done this in history. There should not be a single poor person in the country," Mr Gandhi said at acampaign rally in Rajasthan's Suratgarh. Mr Gandhi said his party had been working on how to eradicate it for the last six months. Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi announced a minimum income guarantee scheme assuring Rs.72,000 a year for 20 per cent of the poorest in the country, if the Congress is voted to power in the April-May national election.
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