Bhubaneswar, Sept 10: On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of creating roadblocks in governance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday took a jibe at the government for its “anti-farmer policies”, asking “Where are the achhe din for farmers?”
“Farmers and labourers had reposed faith in Modiji, who assured that achhe din (good days) would be ushered in. But after becoming the Prime Minister, he forgot them in just two days. Where are the achhe din for farmers?” Gandhi asked at a farmers’ rally in Bargarh district.
“The country is not of the corporate houses and a handful of people. It belongs to you. I promise that I and my party will fight for the cause of farmers and downtrodden,” the Congress vice president said.
The Modi government had tried to snatch land from poor farmers, he alleged. “Land is important for the farmers. Hence, we brought the land acquisition bill with the provision that land be acquired after proper consent of farmers along with adequate compensation. But the Modi government is trying to grab the land of farmers for corporate houses without the consent and knowledge of peasants,” Rahul said. IANS
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