My religion is to consider each person of this great nation as one, whether he is rich or poor, Adivasi or Dalit . And wherever that persons voice is curbed, wherever his rights are snatched, that's against my religion.

My religion is to consider each person of this great nation as one, whether he is rich or poor, Adivasi or Dalit
And wherever that persons voice is curbed, wherever his rights are snatched, that's against my religion.

Some says this is against development, but here Adivasis voice were suppressed, but it reached everywhere, so its not against development, its development.

"Development does not mean curbing the poor, the tribals and the backward. We are for development, but we will never curb the voice of the people," he said.


Wearing a beard and dressed in trademark white, Gandhi said amid loud cheers, "We promised you in 2004 that there'll be a government for the aam aadmi (common man) and we gave you that." (See Pics: Rahul in Orissa)

He recalled his words from a visit two years ago when he had said that, "For the tribals of Kalahandi, there is a soldier in Delhi named Rahul Gandhi." And added, "My work is not finished, it's begun. Whenever you need me, wherever, I am ready to stand with you.

On his last visit in 2008, Rahul said, some tribal youth had told him that they worshiped the Niyamgiri Hills and that their God was being snatched from them. That he said, was their "dharma." His dharma, Rahul said, was that "every voice, including that of the poor and adivasis should be heard.'

The rejection of the Vedanta project, he said, was not anti-development. "Development means that every citizen of India develops...Our government in Delhi, our PM, Sonia ji will fight for development and to give you a voice.