Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged the government to convene a joint Parliament session and “take back” the three farm laws against which farmers from Punjab have been protesting for 29 days now.
Mr Gandhi submitted a memorandum containing 20 million signatures against the farm laws to the President Ram Nath Kovind. He said later, “I want to tell the PM that these farmers are not going to go back home until these farm laws are repealed. The government should convene a joint session of Parliament and take back these laws. Opposition parties stand with farmers and labourers.”
Alleging the government of giving wrong labels, he added, “There is no democracy in India. It can be in your imagination, but not in reality. PM Modi is making money for the crony capitalists. Whoever will try to stand against him will be called terrorist – be it farmers, labourers and even Mohan Bhagwat.”
Meanwhile, the government wrote yet another letter to the farmers, seeking a date for future discussions. Govt is committed to reaching logical solutions of the issues raised by you,” the letter said.