Rahul Gandhi, today, vowed that Congress will not allow the NDA government to acquire “even an inch of land” in the country as he stepped up his campaign against the land bill issue with a padyatra in Rajasthan.
The Congress Vice President, who has reached out to farmers with padyatras in various parts of the country including Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh in recent months ratcheting up the pressure on the Centre, also attacked the BJP government over the issue of corruption.
The Prime Minister said he won’t allow corruption (na khaunga, na khane dunga). He never said that I will stay quiet. In Rajasthan, corruption was at Chief Minister’s level. I want to assure you that Congress will not let the NDA government have a single inch of land. We will not let them move forward.
—Rahul Gandhi, Congress Vice President
Rahul accused the NDA government of denying rights to the poor, farmers and tribals and held a ‘public hearing’ in Khotawali village where farmers shared there grievances with him.
Rahul Gandhi had seized the farmers’ issues to attack the Narendra Modi government during the Budget Session, alleging that the “suit-boot ki sarkar” had neglected farmers and was only working for crony capitalists.
He was accompanied by former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, State Congress Committee President Sachin Pilot and AICC General Secretary Gurudas Kamat.
The Congress is opposing the government’s land bill and rallying the opposition. The party has made it clear that it will not relent on the issue in the Monsoon Session of Parliament which starts on July 21.
(With inputs from PTI)
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