New Delhi: The Congress hit out at the Centre on Friday over the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws, with former party president Rahul Gandhi alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “weakening” India by “attacking” farmers.
The remarks by Gandhi came a day after the Congress alleged that the government was trying to divide and intimidate the farmers to break their protest against the three laws.
“PM is weakening India by attacking our farmers and workers. Only anti-national forces will benefit,” Gandhi tweeted.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the government over the issue.
“Farmers’ trust is the country’s capital. Breaking their trust is a crime. Not listening to their voice is a sin,” Priyanka Gandhi tweeted. “Threatening and intimidating them is grave sin. Attack on farmers is an attack on the country.”
“Mr Prime Minister, do not weaken the country,” she added.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at several border points into Delhi since November-end, demanding repeal of the three laws and a legal guarantee to the minimum support system for their crops.
Enacted last September, the three laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country.
However, the protesting farmers have expressed their apprehension that the new laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of the MSP and do away with the wholesale market system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.
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it’s high time you stop publishing such news items. nowhere has PM at anytime attacked the farmers.
this is irresponsible journalism at its worst.
Who attacked farmers — the so called farmers attacked the Red Fort!
In any case, laying siege to a city and blocking a road is an act of war. If the protests stayed within designated areas, that would have been okay. There is plenty of social media footage and I am sure the central government has enough capability to facially recognize each of these lawbreakers and go on to attach their properties, withhold their subsidy, and criminally prosecute them for the havoc caused.
We the people send elected members to the parliament to do business on matters of Governance. When they renegade from this constitutional responsibility by walking out of the hallowed Parliament halls or boycott its proceedings, are they not committing an undemocratic act and trampling on the democratic rights of the electorate and the citizens of the Nation?
This is a very serious issue which the other “pillars” of democracy should take issue. There just is not a concerted effort from the media to persuade all these elected members to discharge their constitutional duties in earnest. The media should realise that We the people of India have no issues with Freedom Speech and such other freedom which we enjoy in an undiluted measure, which the media feels is trampled upon. That I am able to freely express this view here with no possible retribution says it all. Get to the real issue.
Our elected representatives need to be more responsible towards Governance rather than on rabble rousing.
It is time we the people demand real Governance from all our elected representatives.
Funny man.
India’s best stand up comedian.
any comedy beoynd a limit when supported by forces like The Print ends in a tragedy.
“Ankh ke andhe, Naam Nainsukh”.
Abe, who was attacking whom on 26th January?
Could you not see it??