Govt. treating farmers badly, complains Rahul Gandhi

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the central government of adopting “double standards” and taking decisions as if “farmers are inferior to the rich”. Raising the issue of farmer suicides in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said that farmers were suffering throughout the country.

He expressed unhappiness over the Union Budget 2019-20 for not taking “concrete” steps to provide relief to the farmers and requested the Central government to fulfil the commitments made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Gandhi accused the Centre of neglecting the farmers by giving them only Rs 4.3 lakh crore in tax concessions compared to “rich businessmen” who he alleged had got a loan waiver of Rs 5.5 lakh crore. “Why is this shameful double standard? Why does the government act as if our farmers are inferior to the rich?”

He went on: “The Prime Minister made certain commitments five years ago to the farmers on prices and farm loans. As there is a terrible situation for the farmers in this country, I would request the government to fulfil these commitments.