Farmers Won’t Go Back: Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre   

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on December 24 launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government over the farmer protests. Rahul Gandhi, who led a delegation of Congress workers to President Ram Nath Kovind to seek his intervention in ending the massive protests near Delhi over farm laws, said today there was "no democracy" in India and those who stood up against the PM was labeled terrorists, "even if it was (RSS chief) Mohan Bhagwat".

Earlier, the Congress march led by Rahul Gandhi to the presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhawan was stopped by the police and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other parties leaders were taken into custody and driven away in buses before a small delegation was allowed to enter the presidential palace to submit a memorandum. The appeal to the President has two crore signatures urging his intervention for repealing the three controversial laws.

Coming out after meeting President Kovind, Rahul Gandhi said, "The Opposition stands with farmers. The protesting farmers will not stop the protest till the laws are repealed.”
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Earlier, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was taken into custody along with other Congress leaders while they were on their way to meet President Ram Nath Kovind, said: "Any dissent against this government is classified as having elements of terror.”

Thousands of farmers have been protesting since November-end on highways near Delhi against the laws, which the centre says are important for reforms in the agriculture sector. Farmers fear the laws will deprive them of guaranteed minimum earnings and leave them open to exploitation by big business.

The government, however, has been urging the farmers to engage in further talks to end the deadlock.