The Modi government should really keep in mind that democracy signifies safeguarding the interests of the individuals and the farmers-workers, she stated.
“Along with the people of the country, I am also disturbed seeing the condition of the ‘annadatas’ who have been agitating for 39 days at the borders of Delhi in the bitter cold and rain in support of their demands,” Gandhi stated.
In the wake of the government’s apathy, so far, more than 50 farmers have lost their lives with some even taking the step of committing suicide due to the government’s neglect, she stated.
“But neither the heartless Modi government relented nor the Prime Minister or any other minister uttered a word of consolation till today. I pay my respects to all the deceased farmer brothers and pray to the Lord to give their families the strength to bear this sorrow,” the Congress president stated.
“Since independence, this is the first such arrogant government that has come to power in the history of the country that, leave alone people, cannot even see the sufferings and struggles of ‘annadatas’,” she stated.
It appears that making sure income for a handful of industrialists has turn out to be the most important agenda of this government, Gandhi alleged.
The Congress has been looking for the repeal of the 3 new farm laws, alleging that they will ruin farming and the farmers. The Congress is also supporting the farmers’ agitation against the legislations.
After the sixth round of formal negotiations on Wednesday, the government and farm unions reached some typical ground to resolve protesting farmers’ issues more than rise in energy tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but the two sides remained deadlocked more than the most important contentious difficulties of the repeal of 3 farm laws and a legal assure for minimum help value (MSP).
Braving the cold, thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting at different borders of the national capital for more than a month against these laws.
The government has presented these laws as significant agriculture sector reforms aimed at assisting farmers and growing their revenue, but the protesting unions worry that the new legislations will leave them at the mercy of major corporates by weakening the MSP and mandi systems.