‘Give us power, will scrap Acts’
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday announced that her party will withdraw the three ‘draconian’ Farm Laws, if voted to power again. Addressing a sizeable gathering of farmers and party workers at Chilkana in Saharanpur district, Priyanka took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi: “His 56inch chest has a very small heart and it beats only for BJP-friendly Industrialists and capitalists.”
“Farmers are the ones who make the country self-reliant but he (PM) is demeaning them every day. They are agitating for the past so many days but he has no time to pay any attention and listen to their grievances,” she charged.
“Sons of farmers are martyred at borders. They are the one who man the security of the Prime Minister. It was unfortunate that the country's Prime Minister doesn’t recognise their contribution. Instead, he awards them with new sobriquets like Andolan-karees,” she said.
“These draconian farm laws will kill farmers and the agriculture sector. These laws will open doors only for hoarders and BJP’s capitalist cronies. They will buy farmers’ produce on their terms and conditions to hoard and
later sell them on higher price. They will open their private Mandis after Govern
ment Mandis are closed to sell food grains at higher prices,” she charged.
Supporting farmers on MSP, Priyanka said they have not enacted any law to ensure right price to farmers’ produce. “Minimum Support Price (MSP) era will end. Capitalists will take over the agri sector through contract farming. They will cheat farmers to fill their coffers by hoarding,” she feared.