JP Nadda Shares Old Video To Take A Dig At Rahul Gandhi Over Criticism Of Farm Laws

Nadda shared an old video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the parliament over the farmer's issue and accused him of opposing now what he advocated earlier.

BJP President JP Nadda (PTI)

Delhi: Amid the ongoing farmer’s protest, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Sunday, shared an old video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the parliament over the farmer's issue and accused him of opposing now what he advocated earlier. In the video, Rahul Gandhi can be seen narrating a story of an Uttar Pradesh farmer in the video. “A farmer from UP once asked me how it was possible that while he sold potatoes for Rs 2 per kilogram, his children bought packets of potato chips, with each one having chips worth one potato, for Rs 10 each,” he said. “On being asked why he thought this was happening, the farmer said it was because they were unable to sell their products directly to the factories making chips. If there was provision for us to sell our products directly, without middlemen, all profit would reach us,” he added. https://twitter.com/JPNadda/status/1343096775427686400 In the video, the Congress leader was speaking to the Lok Sabha in 2015, about the Amethi Food Park project his party was going to undertake. Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the new farm laws that were enacted by the Union Government in September earlier this year. The three farm laws have been projected by the central government as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove the middlemen and allow farmers to sell their products anywhere in the country. The agitation of farmers against the three agricultural laws passed by the Centre on Sunday entered its 32^nd continuous day. The protesting farmers have hardened their stance again, while the Centre continues to back the laws. On Saturday, the farmers accepted the government’s proposal for the sixth round of talks. The meeting is scheduled to be held on December 29.