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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has alleged that the Narendra Modi government was “anti-farmer” and treating farmers as “enemies” for demanding their rights.
His remarks come a day after farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal gave a call to farmers across the nation to reach Delhi on March 6 for a protest. They also gave a four-hour countrywide ‘rail roko’ call for March 10 in support of their various demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) for crops and farm debt waiver.
They have asserted that the farmers’ ongoing agitation will be intensified at the existing protest points and will continue till their demands are met by the government.
Earlier Kharge launched blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, “PM Modi is destroying the country. Did Modi give 2 crore jobs? He also promised to bring black money from other countries. He also promised the construction of pucca houses by 2022. He also promised to double the farmer’s income. Did Modi fulfil all this? These all are lies which means Modiji is Jhooton ka sardar (king of lies). No one has benefited from his schemes in the last 10 years,” Kharge said while addressing the public at RJD’s ‘Jan Vishwas Maha Rally’.
He appealed to the masses to vote for the INDIA bloc to help it save India’s democracy.
Kharge said his ally Tejashvi Yadav fulfilled all his promises when he was part of Nitish Kumar’s previous government.
“Tejashwi Yadav fulfilled his promises of giving jobs during his tenure. INDIA bloc fulfils its promises. Help us in our fight against the BJP. Your duty is to save democracy and its constitution,” he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
