YOU ARE NOT ALONE, PRIYANKA TELLS FARMERS
Cong general secretary meets family of a farmer who lost his life during protest in New Delhi on R-Day
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday drove down to Rampur town in Uttar Pradesh and met mother, father and grand father of Navneet Singh, who died near ITO in Delhi during the Republic Day protests, sharing their concern that he was shot in head by police while driving a tractor that overturned killing him.
After attending a prayer meeting for Navneet at Dibdiba village, Priyanka told a small gathering that if the citizens tolerate crimes by police, it is a bigger sin than a crime. She also slammed those branding the farmers as "terrorist laws."
She quoted Sikhs' Guru Gobind Singh that "committing a crime is a sin, but to tolerate crime is a greater sin."
"If a leader can't listen to the pain of our nation's farmers, poor or any citizen and instead chooses to call them names, then that leader is of no use," she said.
Assuring the family that her party stands with them, Priyanka told the family members that “sacrifice of their young son will not go waste and the government will have to repeal anti-farmer farm laws.” She alleged that by not withdrawing farm laws the government was doing injustice to farmers.
“You are not alone but the entire country is with you. The govt calls farmers terrorists and their agitation a political conspiracy. They are perpetuating a crime against farmers by not understanding their problems and pain,” she said, addressing public gathered there