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She questioned if the laws benefited farmers
She was addressing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Meerut
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at the central government over the three contentious farm laws on Sunday (March 7).
She alleged that the laws were made to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “rich friends”.
Addressing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in Western Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, Vadra said, “Are the three laws made for your (farmers’) well-being or for the good of Modi ji s ‘kharabapati’ friends?”
“Lakhs of farmers have been sitting at the border for over 100 days, protesting against the new laws. If this law is made for you, then why are lakhs of you sitting on the border?” she asked.
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Noisy scenes in UP Assembly after minister s remarks against Rahul Gandhi, state Congress chief
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday witnessed noisy scenes during the question hour over remarks made by a minister against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and state party president Ajay Kumar Lallu.
In reply to a question regarding irrigation facilities in Bundelkhand, Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh called Lallu a Tathakathit adyaksh (so-called president) when the latter said that the Bundelkhand area was witnessing maximum number of suicides by farmers. Bundelkhand witnessed maximum number of suicides. Even yesterday, two farmers committed suicide, Lallu said while asking about irrigation facilities in the region.
Prayagraj: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra again reached out to Nishads on Sunday after her 2019 boat ride on the Ganga to woo the co.
PRAYAGRAJ: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra again reached out to Nishads on Sunday after her 2019 boat ride on the Ganga to woo the community. Priyanka said that the state and central government was only working for the welfare of big business houses and not for those who had voted them to power.
Priyanka arrived in Prayagraj for the second time in the past 10 days and met people of the Nishad community at Baswar village of the trans-Yamuna area of the district. Earlier, she had visited the Sangam on Mauni Amawasya on February 11.
She said like the agricultural laws, the laws applicable to rivers are to the benefit of industrialists rather than fishermen.
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