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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his trip to Kerela today enjoyed a 'tasty fish' lunch served by a fisherman's family at a hamlet near here and said he would visit the beach again to taste the state's delicious tapioca and spicy fish curry. (PTI)
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"I am going to come back here again because I was given a very, very tasty fish lunch," Rahul Gandhi said addressing a fishermen's 'Sangamam' (conclave) here on the second day of his Kerala visit. (PTI)
<br>After land bill, Rahul takes on Modi govt over fishermen's plight:</br> Rahul Gandhi today reached out to the fishing community by attacking the Modi government's decision to extend the ban on trawling, declaring "mother sea" cannot be taken away from them. "Land is the Kisan's mother, sea is your mother and they want to take your mother and give it to someone else," he told a fishermen's 'Sangamam' (conclave) here on the second day of his Kerala visit. Fishermen in Kerala are on the warpath against the Centre's decision to extend trawling ban from 45 days to 61 days to protect marine health and also certain provisions of the Meenakumari report on deep sea fishing in coastal areas of the country. "NDA government is not picking a fight with poor fishermen, farmers and tribals, but with the soul of the country," Gandhi said and warned that "nobody has ever won the fight against the soul of the country. I am telling you from this stage, they (Centre) should be very, very careful, about whom they are confronting. We are going to fight for every single person who feels oppressed. We are not scared of Narendra Modi or his five or six friends in suits," Rahul Gandhi said. (PTI) (27/05/2015) -
Rahul Gandhi visited almost all 51 houses in the fishermen colony at Blangad beach here and at the end of his visit he was served lunch at the small house of Kizhakkoot Karunakaran. (PTI)
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The lunch was prepared by Karunakaran's three-member family including his wife Thankamani and daughter Neetu, local MLA and Congress leader T N Prathapan said. (PTI)
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The Congress Vice President was served curry and a variety of fish fry items including 'neymeen' (seer fish) and 'veluri' along with 'kappa puzhukku' (tapioca curry). (PTI)
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Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, KPCC President V M Sudheeran and Prathapan joined Rahul Gandhi for the lunch at the fisherman's house. (PTI)
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Rahul Gandhi interacted with the family members of fishermen in the colony and heard their grievances. (PTI)
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Getting back to politics, Rahul Gandhi took a dig at PM Narendra Modi and said, "The Prime Minister has got a new slogan called Make in India. He is under the impression that poor people do not make this country. And in fact it is the poor people who make this country. Wherever the government tries to take away the rights of poor people…they will be confronted by the Congress party." (PTI)
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