The Congress on Thursday stepped up the demand for the immediate scrapping of the farm laws in view of the farmers’ protest in the national capital.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet,”Accepting less than scrapping of three black farm laws will be deceit to farmers and the country.”
Rahul said it would be a betrayal of India and its farmers if the Centre fails to repeal the farm laws.
The grand old party has been attacking the government over the use of force against the protesting farmers, and urged them to withdraw the new farm laws and redress the grievances of the protesters.
Taking to Twitter ahead of talks between farmers and government, Rahul Gandhi wrote, “Accepting anything less than the complete withdrawal of black farm laws would be a betrayal of India and its farmers.”
Rahul’s remarks come at a time when farmers from several states are protesting at Delhi borders against the Centre’s new agriculture reform laws.
A day before, Rahul had attacked the Centre over its claim of doubling farmers’ income and alleged that their income in fact “halved” under the “suit-boot” government, while that of its crony friends has grown four times.
“They said farmers’ income will be doubled. What they did was increase the income of ‘friends’ four times and halved that of farmers. This is a government of suit-boot, lies and loot,” the Congress leader said in a tweet.
Rahul also shared a video showing police using water cannons and firing tear gas shells during protests by farmers with a speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi playing in the background wherein he says his government is taking steps to resolve the problems faced by farmers and double their income.
“Modi government, stop giving ‘jumlas’ (rhetoric) to farmers, stop the dishonesty and atrocities, stop giving them the falsehood of talks, (and) abolish all three black laws which are against farmers and labourers,” Rahul Gandhi said.