‘Anti-farmer BJP’ did not realise their grave crime”: Congress president Kharge attacks BJP
News Mania Desk/ Sohom Chatterjee / 25th September 2024
On September 25, Wednesday, Congress President and Rajya Sabha MP Mallikarjun Kharge issued a strong-worded criticism towards Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the recent statements of their leader Kangana Ranaut’s comments on farm bills.
Ranaut, BJP’s MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, had earlier been quoted as saying, “I know this statement could be controversial, but the three farm laws should be brought back. Farmers themselves should demand it.”
Kharge was quick to reply to the statement and call the party in power ‘anti-farmer BJP’ as he wrote on his X handle, “Even after the martyrdom of 750 farmers, the anti-farmer BJP and Modi government did not realize their grave crime. There is talk of re-implementing the three black anti-farmer laws. The Congress Party strongly opposes this.”
The Congress MP proceeded further to attack BJP by saying that the 62 crore farmers of the country will never forget the Modi government’s actions on farmers during the protests.
“The Modi government, which crushed the farmers under vehicles, used barbed wire, tear gas from drones, nails and guns against our food providers, this is something that 62 crore farmers of India will never forget,” Kharge said on X.
The Congress President also warned BJP that the farmers will deliver a ‘befitting reply’ to them ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections. “This time, farmers from all the electoral states, including Haryana, will get a befitting reply to the derogatory remarks of the Prime Minister himself in Parliament, calling them “agitators” and “parasites.”
Kharge further wrote, “Due to the statements made by Modiji, his ministers, MPs and propaganda machinery have become accustomed to insulting farmers.”
“While withdrawing the farmers’ agitation, Modi ji had announced a government committee, which is still in cold storage. Modi government is against the legal guarantee of MSP.”
He also accused BJP of indulging in the character assassination of farmers by stating, “No relief was given to the families of the martyred farmers, the Modi government did not even deem it fit to observe two minutes of silence in their memory in Parliament and on top of that, their character assassination is continuing,”
“The whole country has come to know that anti-farmer hateful mentality is present in every vein of BJP.”
However, BJP have distanced themselves from the remarks of Kangana Ranaut on farm laws as they said that the actor is “not authorised” make these statements on party’s behalf. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said that the remarks were “personal statement” of Ranaut and and that doesn’t align with BJP’s view on farm bills.
