A farmer who lost his son in police firing last year during farmers’ agitation in Mandsaur has alleged that a government official asked him not to attend a condolence meet where Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was to be present. The official, however, denied the allegation.
Notably, Gandhi on Wednesday attended a condolence meet at Pipliya Mandi in the district on the first anniversary of six farmers' death in police firing. He also addressed a rally.
Dinesh Patidar, whose son Abhishek was among those killed, told that Garoth Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM) RP Varma called his another son, Sandeep Patidar, and said they should not attend the event, organised by the Congress. "Varma called my son Sandeep, who is a government employee, and asked who from our family were going.”