Maharashtra Election Battle Between '1-2 Billionaires And The Poor': Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: The Maharashtra election is a fight between "1-2 billionaires and the poor", said Rahul Gandhi during a press interaction in Mumbai today. "The billionaires want the land of Mumbai to go into their hands," he said.The Congress leader said that Rs 7 lakh crore projects including Foxconn and Airbus were shifted to Gujarat from Maharashtra. This led to youth in Maharashtra losing out on jobs, he added."The estimate is that Rs 1 lakh crores will be given to 1 billionaire. Our thinking is that Maharashtra, the farmers of Maharashtra, the poor, the unemployed, the youth need help," he added.The Maha Vikas Aghadi government will protect the interests of the people of Maharashtra, he said.He further said: "We will deposit Rs 3000 in every woman's bank account for free, there will be bus travel for women and farmers, loans up to Rs 3 lakh will be waived, Rs 7,000 per quintal for soybean...Caste census which we are getting done in Telangana, Karnataka, we will get it done in Maharashtra..."The Congress leader also promised to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations and conduct a caste census in the country."Caste census is the biggest issue before us and we will get it done; it is our central pillar," Gandhi said at a press conference in Mumbai.