Rahul, Priyanka targets government over farm laws
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the government over the new farm laws, alleging the farmers who are demanding more markets
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted the government over the new farm laws, alleging the farmers who are demanding more markets have been given recession instead.
Gandhi cited a media report to say that the farmers in Bihar want more 'mandis' (markets) in the state to sell their produce, like in Punjab and Haryana.
"Farmers of the country asked for a market, the PM gave them recession instead," he said in a tweet in Hindi.
Citing the report, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that the new farm laws have brought in "farm deform" and not reform.
"The abolition of the APMC Act in Bihar in 2006 has not benefited farmers. And now the Modi Sarkar has replicated it all over the country. This is not farm reform, but really farm deform," Ramesh said.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also targeted the government, accusing it of supporting crony capitalists.
"BJP's Diwali gift to people: unprecedented inflation.
BJP's Diwali gift to their capitalist friends: 6 airports. With the capitalists and ensuring progress of capitalists," she said in a tweet in Hindi.
She quoted a news report about the handing over of Lucknow airport into private hands. The Adani group has won the bid for the development and maintenance of Lucknow airport.