Bharat Bandh today: Rahul Gandhi says ‘I stand with farmers’, slams govt as ‘exploitative’

Expressing assist for protesting farmers, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday stated the farmers’ non-violent ‘satyagraha’ remains to be resolute however the “exploitative” authorities doesn’t like this and that’s the reason a ‘Bharat Bandh’ has been known as.

The Congress has requested its staff, state unit chiefs and heads of frontal organisations to participate within the ‘Bharat Bandh’ known as by farmer unions to protest in opposition to the Centre’s three agri legal guidelines.

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Many non-NDA events have prolonged assist to the nationwide 10-hour strike on Monday known as by farmers protesting in opposition to the three agri legal guidelines underneath the aegis of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM).

Posting rhyming strains in Hindi on Twitter, Gandhi stated, “Kisano ka ahimsak satyagraha aaj bhi akhand hai, lekin shoshankar sarkar ko ye nahi pasand hai, isliye aaj Bharat Bandh hai (Farmers’ non-violent satyagraha is resolute even as we speak, however the exploitative authorities doesn’t like this and that is why it’s Bharat Bandh as we speak).”