Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that his claim that the memorandum he submitted to the President was signed by more than 2 crore farmers had no signatures in it from the community,.
He also asserted that no one from the Congress party had even met kisan leaders for that. Tomar said that several farmers have denied signing any document sent by the Congress party.
“Whatever Rahul Gandhi says, even Congress doesn’t take it seriously. Today when he went to register his protest with the President with signatures, these farmers told me that no one from Congress came to them to get their signature. Farmers from Baghpat have given me a letter in support of Centre’s Farm Laws. They have told me that the Government shouldn’t buckle under any pressure to make amendments to farm bills,” Tomar said after meeting Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh members from Baghpat.
A delegation of 60 farmers belonging to Kisaan Majdoor Sangh, Baghpat met Tomar at Krishi Bhawan and gave a letter in support of centre’s farm laws. Besides, a delegation of the Kisan Sena also met Tomar and discussed the farm laws.