New Delhi: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi hit out at the BJP-led central government over actor-politician and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s remarks on farmers’ protest.
In a post in Hindi on X, he said that the Modi government had failed to fulfil the promises made to the farmers and its propaganda machinery is continuously engaged in “insulting the farmers”.
He wrote, “The BJP MP calling the farmers who sacrificed 700 comrades during the 378-day marathon struggle as rapists and representatives of foreign forces is another proof of the BJP’s anti-farmer policy and intentions.”
किसानों से किए वादों को पूरा करने में नाकाम मोदी सरकार का दुष्प्रचार तंत्र लगातार किसानों का अपमान करने में जुटा हुआ है।
378 दिन चले मैराथन संघर्ष के दौरान 700 साथियों का बलिदान देने वाले किसानों को भाजपा सांसद द्वारा बलात्कारी और विदेशी ताकतों का नुमाइंदा कहना भाजपा की किसान…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 26, 2024
“These shameful anti-farmer statements are a gross insult to the farmers of the entire country, including western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab, which cannot be accepted under any circumstances.”
Alleging that the character assassination of farmers is continuing, Rahul Gandhi pointed out, “The government committee formed at the time of withdrawing the farmers’ movement is still in cold storage, the government has not been able to clarify its stand on MSP till date, no relief has been given to the families of the martyred farmers.”
He added, “The betrayal of farmers by the Modi government cannot be hidden by disrespecting the food providers and attacking their dignity. No matter how much Narendra Modi and BJP conspire, INDIA will ensure legal guarantee of MSP for farmers.”
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said that Kangana Ranaut’s comments on farmers were an affront to “the martyred farmers and crores of others” living in the country.
“There was no violence in the 13-month-long farmers’ movement despite the presence of 400 farmers’ organisations and lakhs of farmers. More than 700 farmers were martyred, but the farmers did not lose patience. The (farm law) bills were withdrawn. BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s statement about it is an insult to the martyred farmers and crores of farmers of the country,” he wrote on X.