"They (the critics) say that money will be wasted. Is providing food a wastage of money? Even if money is being wasted, we will do it. Because we want that the poor of the country should stand on the basis of his rights," he said.
Rahul Gandhi claimed that opposition parties in parliament were not in favour of the right to food. "Opposition (parties) said it should not be done."
Assembly polls will be held in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram around November. Lok Sabha polls are scheduled around May 2014.
Rahul Gandhi said rights-based legislations were a guarantee of progress and referred to the rural jobs law enacted by the UPA earlier.
He said the right to information law enacted by the alliance was an effective tool to deal with corruption.
Congratulating house owners on whom he conferred the freehold rights, he said the infrastructure in Delhi had been built by people staying in small clusters.
"That is the difference between Congress and other parties. We say that infrastructure should be built but people who build it should also be helped. This is the meaning of government of common man," he said.
Updated on: September 10, 2013 18:46 IST
