Days after connecting with farmers in Punjab and Maharashtra, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met a delegation of home-buyers in Delhi/NCR to hear out their woes, including untimely delivery of projects.Gandhi, who met over 100 representatives of home-buyers for an hour at the Congress headquarters here, heard their grievances about delayed possession of flats and fake promises made by builders.
"I learned something new today. I thought only farmers and tribal people are suffering due to land issues. But the same issue extends to the middle-class as well, which is equally being exploited by removing transparency (clause from the real estate bill)," Gandhi told the media here."Home-buyers are promised a certain super area...a specific time of completion of the project... beautiful view. But what they get (from the builder) in the end is totally different," he added.Gandhi assured the home-buyers that the Congress stood by the middle class, just as "we stand by the farmers, tribals, and the labourers".