PRIYANKA MEETS DECEASED FARMER’S FAMILY IN RAMPUR; CALLS BJP GOVT UNJUST
LUCKNOW : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday called the BJP government ‘unjust’ to farmers and said her party would not tolerate such injustice. She said the agitation of farmers would continue till the three farm laws were withdrawn.
“We cannot tolerate such an injustice. It’s true. This is not a political agitation. This is an agitation of truth. This is an agitation of every Indian… Whichever religion he belongs to, every farmer is with you,” said Priyanka while addressing people at the ‘ardas’ ceremony of Sikh youth Navreet Singh at Dibdiba village in Rampur.
LUCKNOW : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday called the BJP government ‘unjust’ to farmers and said her party would not tolerate such injustice. She said the agitation of farmers would continue till the three farm laws were withdrawn.
“We cannot tolerate such an injustice. It’s true. This is not a political agitation. This is an agitation of truth. This is an agitation of every Indian… Whichever religion he belongs to, every farmer is with you,” said Priyanka while addressing people at the ‘ardas’ ceremony of Sikh youth Navreet Singh at Dibdiba village in Rampur, about 325 km north west of Lucknow.
Navreet Singh died after his tractor overturned during the farmers’ tractor parade on January 26 in New Delhi.
Priyanka said BJP leaders should listen to the problems of farmers and not call them terrorists or see the agitation as a conspiracy against them.
“This government does not want to withdraw the three farm laws. These laws have to be withdrawn.
This is great injustice being done to farmers. But the greater injustice is being done to them by calling them terrorists and seeing a conspiracy in their agitation,” she said.
UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhna Mishra accompanied Priyanka to the village to meet family members of Navreet.
“Navreet was 25. My son is 20. You have young sons who went there to show their solidarity with farmers. He (Navreet) did not come back because of an incident. I want to tell Sardar Hardip Singh that we will not allow the loss of your grandson go waste. This agitation will continue till these black farm laws are withdrawn,” said Priyanka.
Later, speaking to media persons, Priyanka asked why the Prime Minister did not meet the farmers? She said the PM was yet to meet the farmers sitting on agitation at a few kilometres distance from the PM’s residence.
UP BJP vice president Vijay Pathak said as a leader of an opposition party Priyanka should also speak about the good work being done by the BJP government instead of just targeting it.
He said the BJP government was doing a lot of work to double the income of farmers and bring about an improvement in the law and order situation. She should show large heartedness and speak about such good efforts of government as well, he said.
“By supporting the cause of farmers, the opposition wants to target the government. It’s opposition for the sake of opposition. Instead of siding with farmers, the Congress should point out the flaws in the farm laws,” said SK Dwivedi, former head of department political science, Lucknow University.
Earlier, a large crowd of party men followed Priyanka’s cavalcade as she moved towards the village.