Rahul drives tractor to Parliament
Police said it was not aware of tractor rally, no permission was taken
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday drove a tractor to reach the Parliament to register his protest against the three farm laws.
The Congress leader said that he has brought farmers’ message to the Parliament.
At Jantar Mantar, about 200 women farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana gathered for a ‘Kisan Sansad’ to continue the agitation against the contentious laws
Gandhi along with party MPs Pratap Singh Bajwa, Ravneet Singh Bittu and Deepinder Singh Hooda also carried banners and raised sloganss.
“These laws are aimed at helping only two-three industrialists. The entire country knows for who whom these laws have been brought. These laws are not for the benefit of farmers and that is why they have to be withdrawn,” Gandhi told reporters.
Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Deepender Hooda and Youth Congress chief B.V. Srinivas along with a number of party leaders were detained by the Delhi Police outside Parliament and taken to Mandir marg police station.
The detained Congress leaders raised slogans demanding the withdrawal of farm laws.
The police said the department and other agencies were not aware of the tractor rally and no permission was taken from the local police station either.
The women farmers raised slogans demanding scrapping of the three farm laws and their ‘Kisan Sansad’ was moderated by politician and speaker Subhasini Ali.
The focus of Monday’s ‘Kisan Sansad’ was the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 and the farmers’ demand for the enactment of a law guaranteeing remunerative minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
It commenced with the singing of the national anthem, followed by the observation of a twominute silence in the memory of the farmers who have died during the eightmonth agitation.