Sonia reminds Modi of 'raj dharma' towards farmers on Diwali

  • Sonia Gandhi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after coming to power had started cheating farmers.
     
  • Sonia Gandhi said, "Why are farmers forced to celebrate black Diwali on the eve of the festival of lights."
     
  • The Congress parliamentary party (CPP) chairperson said several of them were buying Kharif crops across the country at 8-37 percent lower than MSPs.
     
  • The Congress interim chief said, in 2019-20 about 140.57 million tonnes of Kharif crop was expected to be produced. But farmers were set to lose over Rs 50 thousand crores.
     
  • She demanded the government stop harassing farmers and ensure the right price for farm produces, "which is a government's raj dharma'.

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