Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday appealed to farmers protesting against the agriculture laws to stay strong, saying that the government was weak and will back down, reported NDTV.
“I did not come to show my face for politics… I will keep coming,” she said at a kisan mahapanchayat (farmers conclave) in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar. “We will fight with you. Do not back down, this government is weak. This government will have to back down.”
Vadra added that the Centre did not have the interest of farmers at heart. “The Prime Minister [Narendra Modi] promised that sugarcane dues will be paid… that your income will double,” she said. “Sugarcane payment is Rs 15,000 crore. Prime Minister bought two airplanes which is Rs 16,000 crore… Rs 20,000 crore for new parliament… but sugarcane dues were not paid.”
She pointed to the increase in fuel prices, saying that diesel was Rs 60 in 2018 and was now near Rs 90. “The BJP [Bharatiya Janata…