‘Tragedy unfolding in India’: Rahul Gandhi on protest over farm legal guidelines

Hitting out on the Central authorities over the farmers’ protest on the Delhi borders, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned the one answer to the impasse is to repeal the three farm legal guidelines. Accusing the federal government of “destroying” Indian agriculture by enacting the three farm legal guidelines, Gandhi on Tuesday launched a booklet to spotlight the pitfalls of the laws.
“There is a tragedy unfolding today in the country, government wants to ignore the issue and misinform the country. I’m not going to speak about farmers alone as it is only part of the tragedy. It’s important for youngsters. This is not about the present but about your future,” he mentioned in the course of the press convention.
“The rice, wheat you (middle class) buy comes at the rate you purchase because of APMC and the agricultural system. This is not an assault on farmers but on the middle class and on every single youngster in the country, who is not able to get a job,” Rahul added.

On BJP chief JP Nadda’s accusation that the Congress chief was “provoking and misleading” the farmers, Rahul mentioned it was an “attempted distraction” by the saffron social gathering. “…Farmers know the reality. All farmers know what Rahul Gandhi does. I have a clean character, I’m not scared, they can’t touch me. They can shoot me,” he mentioned.

“Today, every industry is under a monopoly of three to five people. Be it airport, telecom, or power. Modi government wants to give the agriculture sector as well to those four to five industrialists,” Gandhi added.

Farmers have been protesting in opposition to the three farm legal guidelines on the borders of the nationwide capital since November. Nine rounds of talks between the Centre and farm unions have failed to interrupt the deadlock. The Supreme Court has placed on maintain the implementation of the legal guidelines till additional orders and has named a panel to facilitate talks.