Rahul Gandhi in AP, says Congress won't allow Modi government to take farmers' land

Hitting out at the Narendra Modi-led NDA government over the contentious Land bill, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday, while addressing a rally after a padyatra in Andhra Pradesh, said he would not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi take farmers' land easily. Referring to government's move to amend the Land bill to give flexibility to states to frame their own laws in a bid to break the impasse in Parliament, he said the Prime Minister has understood that he cannot push farmers , after the agrarians showed their strength. "We have not even showed 10 per cent of the strength of farmers of India. And the Prime Minister suddenly understood that he cannot push the farmers of this country," he said.

Rahul Gandhi undertakes padyatra in Andhra Pradesh to highlight farmers’ issues

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi undertook a ‘padyatra’ in Andhra Pradesh to highlight the issues faced by farmers and women Self-Help Groups. He kicked off his yatra from the village where Indira Gandhi had addressed a meeting in 1979. During the course of his yatra, he also held interactions in various villages of the district with farmers, MNREGA workers and with women SHGs. The Congress leader also met the family of farmer Harinath Reddy, who allegedly committed suicide.