Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday castigated the Congress for opposing the new agriculture bills, saying the party’s leadership has become stunted and that it was trying to mislead farmers for its own vested interests.
His comments came as several farmers’ outfits intensified their agitation against the three farming bills and began a three-day “rail roko” protest.
“I feel Congress leadership has become stunted,” Tomar told ANI in an interview. “Neither do they understand agriculture nor the good or bad of the country. The good people in Congress are not being heard and the leadership of the party is in the hands of those to whom people do not listen, even inside the party. That is why they are trying to mislead the country by saying this and that.”
Tomar claimed that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Agriculture Minister…