Govt will bring back farm laws after poll, warns Cong

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 25

The Congress on Saturday alleged the Centre was hatching a “conspiracy” to bring back the three farm laws after the Assembly elections in five states, asking people to see through the design and urging them to teach the government a lesson by defeating the BJP in the elections.

The Congress’ reaction came after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had remarked at an event on Friday that the government took a “step back” and “will move forward again” with respect to the three repealed farm laws.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to attack the government as he said the country’s Agriculture Minister has “insulted” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “apology” — “it is condemnable”.

“If anti-farmer steps are taken again, satyagraha of ‘annadatas’ will take place again,” he said.

“Had defeated arrogance, will defeat it again,” Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi, using the hashtag ‘FarmersProtest’.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the “concerted conspiracy” to bring back the three “anti-farmer” agricultural laws stood exposed by Tomar’s statement.

“The only way to nip the conspiracy in its bud is to defeat the BJP in the Assembly elections so that a lesson is taught to the crony capitalist-driven BJP government at the Centre,” he added.