Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA authorities over the continued farmer’s protest close to the border of the National Capital. He accused the federal government of mishandling the protest scenario, leading to causalities and harm to the lives of the farmers. Expressing dissent on social media platform X (previously Twitter), Kharge wrote, “Modi government is a curse for the farmers of the country.”
He highlighted the BJP’s methods as false claims and faux guarantees, terming them “false Modi guarantees.” Kharge emphasised that the centre’s wrongdoings have claimed 750 lives through the previous. “First 750 farmers lost their lives, and now yesterday 1 farmer was martyred,” he added.
देश के अन्नदाता किसानों के लिए मोदी सरकार अभि़शाप है।
लगातार झूठी ‘मोदी की गारंटी’ के चलते ही पहले 750 किसानों की जान गई और अब कल 1 किसान ने शहादत दी और 3 रबर बुलेट से अपनी आँखों की रोशनी खो बैठे हैं।
मोदी सरकार ने किसानों से किया दुश्मनों जैसा व्यवहार,
केवल कांग्रेस… pic.twitter.com/v0zKfzX7OW
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) February 17, 2024
The ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, initiated by farmers primarily from Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh on February thirteenth, aimed to exert strain on the Centre to handle their calls for. Since the march’s inception, quite a few stories have surfaced, alleging police atrocities in opposition to the farmers.
Kharge’s current tweet added gasoline to the hearth, asserting that rubber bullets utilized by the police had resulted in three farmers dropping their eyesight. He accused the Modi authorities of treating farmers as enemies, proclaiming, “Only Congress will secure them the legal right of MSP!”
Kharge’s remarks are strategically timed, coinciding with the approaching Lok Sabha election, the place the Congress get together is actively vying for public consideration. His declaration displays the get together’s dedication to championing the reason for farmers, notably by advocating for the authorized recognition of the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), led by Rakesh Tikait, as we speak held a Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The congregation is claimed to be an effort to garner assist from the farmers of neighbouring states.
The protest by farmers continued for the fifth day, as hundreds of farmers reached Delhi on February thirteenth for the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to hunt a assured minimal assist value (MSP) for the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, amongst different calls for.
