Congress not against Posco, Vedanta

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JHARSUGUDA: Congress scion Rahul Gandhi spelled out a longterm strategy for building a bottom heavy Congress during his visit to J..

JHARSUGUDA: Congress scion Rahul Gandhi spelled out a longterm strategy for building a bottom heavy Congress during his visit to Jharsuguda on Wednesday. Addressing a Tribal Youth Convention here, Rahul reassured the youths about inner party democracy and impressed upon the gathering that tribals and Dalits should have a say in Indian politics.
Clarifying Congress' stand on development, he said that the benefits of development should percolate down to all sections of society.Laying thrust on the development models, Rahul said he supported projects like Posco and Vedanta provided people displaced were adequately compensated.

Recalling his visit to Niyamgiri and Bhatta Parsual, Rahul said that he did his best to ensure justice to the people.

Later, Rahul also took up questions at a potential candidates' meeting organised adjacent to the tribal convention venue and called upon the youths to join politics. He said that while the

Among others All India Youth Congress president Rajiv Satav spoke on the occasion while Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik, Sambalpur MP Amarnath Pradhan, Bargarh MP Sanjay Bhoi and Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das were

present.