No place for poor in country, says Rahul

New Delhi May 27 (IANS) Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said there is no place for the poor in the country and they were facing oppression.

Today there is no place for the poor and weaker sections in our country. They are being oppressed not just in Uttar Pradesh but in the entire country he said after meeting those affected in the caste violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The administration tried to stop me at the Uttar Pradesh border but I walked up to Shahjahanpur Chowki Saharanpur where I met the families of the victims Gandhi said on his official Twitter handle.

Rahul Gandhi also met a Dalit delegation at the Yamuna bridge on his way to Saharanpur.

On Friday the Uttar Pradesh government had denied him permission to visit the villages where caste conflicts since May 5 have left at least two dead and over two dozen injured.

--IANS
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