‘Lying both now or in 2019 manifesto’: Agri minister slams Sonia, Rahul Gandhi over stand on farm legal guidelines

Image Source : PTI Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra together with get together staff.
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday slammed the Congress get together, Rahul Gandhi for supporting the farmers’ agitation and demand of repealing the brand new farm legal guidelines asking both they lied when the get together (Congress) talked about bringing the identical reforms within the 2019 manifesto or are mendacity concerning the new reforms now by supporting farmers calls for. The Union Minister was addressing the media after the ninth spherical of talks with the farmers union failed to finish the impasse.

Speaking to media, Narendra Singh Tomar stated, “If it is mentioned in the manifesto, then Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi should appear before the media and accept that they were either lying at that time or are lying now.”

“Congress party laughs at the statements and actions of Rahul Gandhi, it mocks at him. I’d like to tell him that in their 2019 election manifesto, Congress had promised that they’ll bring this reform. If he doesn’t remember, he should read the manifesto again,” Narendra Singh Tomar stated.

Earlier within the day, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi joined a protest march to indicate solidarity with the protesting farmers, and walked in the direction of Raj Niwas which homes the residence and workplace of Delhi’s Lt. Governor. Later, each went to Jantar Mantar and joined the continuing protest of the Punjab MPs towards the newly handed farm legal guidelines.

Speaking on the event, Rahul Gandhi stated, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not respect the farmers… the party is with farmers in support of them till these laws are withdrawn.”

Slamming the BJP, the Congress chief stated the federal government is working for businessmen and these legal guidelines will not be in favour of the farmers. The Congress has been opposing these farm legal guidelines for lengthy. They have been handed in Parliament after the Congress MPs have been suspended together with MPs from the TMC.

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The Congress on Friday staged protests in any respect Raj Bhavans (Governor’s House) throughout the nation and demanded the withdrawal of the farm legal guidelines. In Delhi additionally a Congress march was taken out towards the contentious farm legal guidelines.

The get together has been demanding the repeal of the legal guidelines by the Centre, as demanded by the farmers’ unions who’ve been on the streets close to the borders of Delhi for greater than 50 days.

The Congress staff assembled close to the Chandgi Ram Akhara and marched in the direction of LG House. They have been, nevertheless, stopped halfway by the police.

In Uttar Pradesh too, state get together president Ajay Kumar Lallu and a number of other Congress staff have been detained on Friday as they tried to march in the direction of Raj Bhavan to look at ‘Kisan Adhikar Diwas’.

Scuffles between Congress staff and the police have been reported from different locations in addition to get together staff tried to achieve the Raj Bhavans. Ajay Kumar Lallu stated that the Yogi Adityanath authorities of Uttar Pradesh was infringing on their democratic proper to carry a peaceable protest.

“The Congress will continue its fight against this kind of oppression,” he stated.

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