Congress launches online drive, backs farmers
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Congress launches online drive, backs farmers
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NEW DELHI: Amid escalating confrontation between the farmers and the Central government, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi asked people to decide “if they stood with agitating farmers or crony capitalist friends of PM Modi” as the opposition party ran an online campaign to lend its weight behind the protests on Monday. In a video message on SpeakUpForFarmers campaign, Rahul said if the farm laws were in favour of agriculturists as claimed by the PM, why had “the farmers of the country come to Delhi in the cold, leaving behind home and field”. Senior Congress member Anand Sharma said the Modi government should recall the Champaran protest of Mahatma Gandhi and Bardoli Satyagrah of Sardar Patel, which brought the British empire to its knees. “This suppression of the Annadata farmers is reprehensible and I urge that the farmers be treated with respect and without any reconditions,” he said. Youth Congress president BV Srinivas led a team of volunteers to distribute food and milk to farmers sitting at the Sindhu Delhi border. AICC social media head Rohan Gupta said the campaign trended number one on twitter till the evening.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-12-01
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India