'Modi ji, stop stealing from farmers': Rahul Gandhi urges people to support Bharat Bandh

'Modi ji, stop stealing from farmers': Rahul Gandhi urges people to support Bharat Bandh

PTIUpdated: Tuesday, December 08, 2020, 01:15 PM IST
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi |

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged people to support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer leaders and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop "stealing" from farmers.

Gandhi and the Congress party are supporting the farmers' agitation and they have demanded a repeal of the three farm laws. The Congress is openly supporting the Bharat Bandh and has joined the protests by holding dharnas and demonstrations across the country.

"Modi ji, stop stealing from farmers. All fellow citizens know that today is Bharat Bandh. Make our food growers' struggle successful by fully supporting it," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other areas have stayed put at various Delhi border points, protesting against the new farm laws, which they fear will dismantle the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporates. The government has maintained that the new laws will bring farmers better opportunities and usher in new technologies in agriculture.

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