Rahul Gandhi Meets Farmer Leaders In Parliament Over Legal Guarantee For MSP, BJP Calls It 'Tamasha'

The INDIA bloc will put pressure on the government and ensure that the farmers get a legal guarantee for MSP, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday after he met a delegation of farmer leaders in Parliament House complex.

The delegation of farmer leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka apprised Gandhi of the issues being faced by the tillers.

“We will have a discussion with INDIA bloc leaders and will put pressure on the government to ensure that the farmers get a legal guarantee for MSP,” Gandhi told reporters after the meeting.

BJP Karnataka president BY Vijayendra slammed the Congress leader over his meeting with farmers calling it a “tamasha (drama)”.

“Instead of doing Tamasha in Delhi. I urge Rahul Gandhi to come to Karnataka and see the farmers’ distress here. More than 1500 farmers have committed suicide in the state,” BY Vijayendra said.

BJP leader Amit Malviya also slammed the Congress leader saying he doesn’t have a “single word of compassion for the families of 1,200 farmers, who have committed suicide in Karnataka”.

“Third Time Fail Rahul Gandhi met farmer leaders in Delhi but he doesn’t have a single word of compassion for the families of 1,200 farmers, who have committed suicide in Karnataka, in the last 15 months, ever since Siddaramaiah took over as CM. We know why,” Malviya said.

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Congress leaders Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa,Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Dharamvir Gandhi, Amar Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda and Jai Prakash were also present in the meeting.

The delegation comprised 12 farmer leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Sources said they apprised Gandhi of the issues being faced by farmers in their respective states.

(With agency inputs)