Centre Insulted Farmers, Ministers Called Them Traitors: Priyanka Gandhi Centre Insulted Farmers, Ministers Called Them Traitors: Priyanka Gandhi No one has the right to raise a finger on a person who has attained martyrdom while protesting for his rights, be it the prime minister or any other minister, she said.
Priyanka Gandhi alleged the central laws are not for farmers but for his capitalist friends. (File)
Lucknow:
Accusing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government of insulting farmers, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said the men who protect the country s borders are sons of farmers.
Addressing a kisan panchayat in Uttar Pradesh s Bijnore, the Congress leader said farmers were ridiculed in Parliament and dubbed as traitors by ministers.
It’s time to apply ‘vote ki chot’, says Jayant
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‘Whenever there is a challenge, people unite and give birth to a new movement’
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‘Whenever there is a challenge, people unite and give birth to a new movement’
“This government should not try to enforce its whims as we were born obstinate,” said Rashtriya Lok Dal vice-president Jayant Chaudhary, addressing a massive kisan panchayat against farm laws in Sadabad area of Hathras district on Monday.
He appealed to the farmers to apply “vote ki
chot” [cause damage by voting] to teach the BJP a lesson. “After listening to the Prime Minister’s address in Parliament, the farmer is feeling insulted and has become more resolute in his stand against the farm laws,” he said.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will address a farmers rally in Chandpur in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, party sources said on Sunday. As farmers have been protesting on the Delhi borders since November 26 last year to demand the repeal of the three new central farm laws, the Congress has begun to hold block-level meetings to highlight their plight.
Congress state unit President Ajay Kumar Lallu said: All party leaders have been tasked with highlighting the farmers demands. We will stand by the protesting farmers till the farm laws are now withdrawn. h The Congress leader has earlier addressed farmers in Saharanpur district last Wednesday. When the Congress comes to power again, we will immediately repeal these farm laws. We will also ensure MSPs for all farmers, she had said while addressing a Kisan Panchayat in Chilkhana.