Rahul says new law will enslave farmers, minister questions absence

Voicing support for the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer organisations to protest the farm bills, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that new law will enslave farmers. He tweeted that while a flawed GST destroyed MSMEs, the new agriculture laws will enslave the farmers.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi also hit out at the government and said that the MSP of the farmers will be snatched away and they will be forced to become slaves of billionaires through contract farming.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi criticised the Opposition's behaviour in the Parliament during the discussion on the bills and said that those who don't believe in Gandhian principles sat on a dharna in front of his statue on the orders of 'fake Gandhis'. He also questioned Rahul Gandhi's absence from the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session.