Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the farmers' issue. He said that the Prime Minister "could not give compensation" to the farmers who dies in the year-long Farmers' protest on the borders of New Delhi.
"For a year, Punjab farmers stood hungry in winters as PM Modi tried to give their hard work to 2-3 billionaires. He couldn't give 2 mins of silence in parliament to farmers who died during the protest; didn't give compensation, Rajasthan & Punjab govt did," said Rahul Gandhi while addressing a 'Navi Soch Nava Punjab' rally, in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
Rahul Gandhi also said, “Hoshiarpur is a centre of agriculture and farm tools. Our government will work to create a cluster of food park and machine tools in Hoshiarpur.
"Whatever farmers produce in food park, be it potato chips or tomato ketchup, will be made here. You cultivate crop in your field, and from there, take it directly to the food processing unit,” Gandhi said, as per ANI.
Meanwhile, On February 14, PM Modi will hold his first rally for the Punjab assembly elections. Strict security arrangements have been kept in place by the administration. The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has said to protest and oppose PM Modi's visit to Punjab.