New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised Punjab farmers that he will scrap the farm sector laws once his party is voted to power. He said, “I give you guarantee that the day Congress party come to the power, we will scrap these three black laws and throw them in waste paper basket,”
Slamming Rahul Gandhi Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said that if he wanted to scrap the laws, he could do so in “next life” as the farmer would not give him an opportunity in this.
“The whole country knows who Rahul Gandhi is and what his cognitive capabilities are. The farmers will not give him an opportunity to scrap the farm laws and throw them in the dustbin. Not in this life. The farmers know it’s a good law. Rahul Gandhi has every right to tear the farm bills (opposition members has last month tore the Bills in Rajya Sabha) and throw them in a wastebasket. He can do so in his next life when he comes to power,” said Reddy.
Whole country knows who Rahul Gandhi is & what his cognitive capabilities are. The farmers will not give him an opportunity to tear up the farm laws & throw them in the dustbin. Not in this life. The farmers know it’s a good law: GK Reddy, Union Minister, on new agriculture laws pic.twitter.com/tC9N324NcI
— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2020
“But the people of India will not give Rahul Gandhi the chance to throw the bill. These bills are in the favour of the farmers,” he added.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh requested Rahul Gandhi to scrap new farm laws when he becomes the “Prime Minister with a majority in the Lok Sabha”.
“The law is made. The Bills have been passed in the Parliament. But who says that an amendment cannot be made to those laws. I request Rahul ji to scrap these black laws when he becomes the PM with a majority in the Lok Sabha,” said Singh at a public meeting here on the new farm laws.
Addressing a public rally in Bhawanigarh on the second day of the three-day Kheti Bachao Yatra, the Chief Minister vowed to do whatever it takes to protect the farmers and the state from the devastating effects of the black laws.
Whereas, Union minister Prakash Javadekar alleged that parties opposing the newly enacted farm laws were acting as “middlemen for middlemen”.
