Rahul hits out at Modi Govt over farmers’ plight in Punjab

The SAD MPs said Rahul’s refusal to even acknowledge the suffering of the Sikh community at the hands of his family was also indicative of the fact that he wanted to continue to follow the divisive politics of the Congress rather than apologise to find closure for himself and his family. Amarinder, on his part, said Rahul had come to throw out the Badals out of Punjab.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met the family of a farmer who committed suicide due to debt, and later offered prayers at the Takht Damdama Sahib in Punjab’s Bathinda district on Friday.

Assuring all possible help to the family of farmer Jagdev Singh Bogad (65) who committed suicide, Gandhi said his party “was all out to help those in need and root out the weeds in form of Akali-BJP combine”.

“Good times are on the anvil”, he said while announcing a relief of Rs one lakh for the family of the deceased farmer.

Rahul Gandhi during “Pedal March” from village Sarawan to village Behbal Klan.

He also paid obeisance at a Sikh shrine in Talwandi Sabo in Punjab, where he was given the traditional “Siropa”.

Flanked by Partap Singh Bajwa and Amarinder Singh, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today painted a “united” picture of the state’s party unit with the focus now falling on the High Command’s decision on the contentious issue of next PPCC chief.

Rahul had yesterday met the households of the 2 males who have been killed within the police firing final month throughout a protest towards the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib. The village falls in Bathinda Parliamentary constituency twice represented by Harsimrat in Parliament.