Farmers Movement Archive

‘Centre attacking farmers whoprotect the soul of country’

Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Narendra Modi government at the Centre was attacking farmers and agriculture that protect the soul of the country while, on the other hand, it was giving away the nation's strategic land to China. Rahul alleged that by agreeing to keep its troops till Finger 3, India was giving away the land between Finger 3 and 4 near Pangong area in Ladakh to China. The Congress leader began his two-day tour of Rajasthan in support of farmers’ agitation by addressing two kisan sabhas in Hanumangarh’s Pilibanga and Sriganganagar’s Padampur on Friday. He said the central government should first repeal the three controversial farm laws and only then would the agitating farmers talk to it. Rahul said the three laws were an attack not on farmers alone but on the country's 40% population dependent on agriculture. “Farmers are alert and understand it, so they are the first to hold the torch against these laws,” he said, suggesting that other sections of the society would join the agitation in the coming days.

The Times of India

2021-02-13

Jaipur