Mr Gandhi said that the party's leaders were massacred to "silence the voice" of common people.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today attacked the BJP government in Chhattisgarh for its failure to act against the Maoists responsible for killing many Congress leaders in a deadly attack on May 25.
Addressing a rally in Naxal-hit Bastar region, the first after the May 25 Maoist attack that had virtually wiped out Congress leadership in the state, Mr Gandhi said that the party's leaders were massacred to "silence the voice" of common people.
"Thirty-two people were killed (in the Maoist attack), where was the government? The tallest Opposition leader was killed, where was the government? When the tribal leaders are not safe, what about the masses," he asked.
"I rushed to Chhattisgarh after I got to know about the tragedy... why I did so despite many people advising against me it... because I knew your voice was being suppressed. I could not have allowed it," Mr Gandhi added.
Maoists had ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Bastar, killing 27 people including state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh, senior Congress leader V C Shukla, tribal leader Mahendra Karma, and ex-MLA Uday Mudaliyar.
Mr Gandhi said his party believes in empowering the people and listed the enactment of Food Security Bill, Land Acquisition Bill, Right to Education and Right to Information as evidence of his party's commitment to empower the poor, the middle classes and the masses.
"There are two thoughts. One is of Congress, it is largely about rights. We intend that common people, tribal and middle classes get rights, empowerment. We think we all should be running the government together. Opposition thinks country can be run by two, three persons," he said.
Mr Gandhi said that the Congress is hopeful of coming back to power in the state, which is under BJP rule for past 10 years. He has been making efforts to bring some unity in the faction-ridden state unit for the purpose.
The Congress vice president also exhorted tribal youths to join politics. "Don't forget Rahul Gandhi is behind you," he said.
Tight security measures were put in place for the rally, which also saw two warring factions of the party coming together to put up a united front ahead of elections.
Former chief minister Ajit Jogi, who has been critical of the working of the newly-appointed state Congress chief Charan Das Mahant, was on the stage besides party's treasurer Moti Lal Vora, AICC general secretary in-charge for the state B K Hari Prasad and senior leader Mohsina Kidwai.
The tribal-dominated region is crucial to Congress' fortune in the elections.
Bastar, which was a Congress bastion for long, has for the last few years turned into a BJP stronghold. The BJP had won 11 of the 12 assembly seats in 2008 elections.