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| You have saved Niyamgiri |
| Rahul Gandhi to Orissa tribals: You have saved Niyamgiri
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| INDIA
, 26-August-2010
5:16:0 AM |
| Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is celebrating "victory" in Orissa's Kalahandi, saying the rejection of environment clearance to a big bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills is a victory of the local tribal people.
"Your voice reached Delhi and you saved your land. I did what I could, but this is your victory," Rahul said in Lanjigarh on Thursday. And he congratulated the tribal community for making its voice heard without resorting to violence. (Read: Jairam says no to Vedanta mining project in Orissa)
Wearing a stubble 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
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