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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said the only solution to the farmers” issue was throwing the new agri laws in the “waste paper basket” and warned that if not resolved, the agitation will spread to other parts of the country.
In a no-holds-barred attack at the Centre, Gandhi accused the government of trying to intimidate and discredit the farmers, using the National Investigation Agency.
“It is very obvious that the farmers are very agitated because the government is destroying their livelihood. It is destroying the livelihood of our labourers and it is going to give the middle class a shock in the coming times because the prices of food are going to skyrocket,” the former Congress chief said at a press conference.
ना ग़ाज़ीपुर में पुलिस तैनात करके
ना #SinghuBorder पर पथराव करके
ना किसी और साज़िश सेकिसान का हौसला तोड़ पाओगे
पूरा देश उनके साथ खड़ा है, उन्हें आप डरा-धमका नहीं सकते।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 29, 2021
“What is being done to the farmers is absolutely criminal. You (government) are beating them, you are threatening them, you are bullying them, you are trying to discredit them,” he said.
The government needs to talk to the farmers and provide a solution to them, he said.
Gandhi asserted that the only solution is repealing these laws and “putting the laws into the waste paper basket”.
“The government must not think that the farmers are going back home. They are not going home and my concern is that this situation is going to spread. We do not need this situation to spread, we need a conversation with farmers and we need a solution,” Gandhi asserted.
Responding to a question, he said the farmers” movement is going to spread to other states and cannot be suppressed.
The whole issue is not just about farmers and this will go from farmers to workers to urban areas and slums, he said.
PM हमारे किसान-मज़दूर पर वार करके भारत को कमज़ोर कर रहे हैं।
फ़ायदा सिर्फ़ देश-विरोधी ताक़तों का होगा।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 29, 2021
Asked about the Republic Day violence, he said, “Who allowed the farmers to enter the Red Fort; is it not the home ministry”s job to stop them from doing so.”
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s comments, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said at a press conference : “India witnessed Rahul Gandhi’s clarion call for violence across cities today, no political leader has done it before. It’s shocking but was expected that he didn’t say anything about over 300 injured Delhi Police personnel (during Jan 26 violence).
