"Could be a technical issue": LoP Rahul Gandhi alleges farmer leaders not allowed inside Parliament
Jul 24, 2024
New Delhi [India], July 24 : Congress MP and Leader of Opposition of Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that farmer leaders who were invited by him to meet in Parliament were not allowed inside.
"Jaane hi nhi daite kya karai. This is the issue...What should we do? It could be a technical issue also," Rahul Gandhi told ANI.
He further alleged that because they are farmers, maybe this is the reason they are not allowing them in.
"We had invited them (farmer leaders) here to meet us. But they are not allowing them here (in Parliament). Because they are farmers, maybe this is the reason they are not allowing them in," he added.
Rahul Gandhi was scheduled to meet the delegation of seven farmer leaders on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leaders announced on Monday that they would burn effigies of the Union government all over the nation and launch a fresh protest to fulfil their demands for legalising the MSP guarantee.
As part of this protest, they will also stage a "long march" to support the private bills by the opposition.
Subsequently, the protesting farmers will take out a tractor rally nationwide on August 15, when the country marks Independence Day. They will also burn copies of new criminal laws.
Addressing a press conference, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) leaders also said that the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march will complete 200 days on August 31 and appealed to people to reach Khanauri, Shambhu, etc on the Punjab and Haryana border.
A rally will be held in the Jind district of Haryana on September 15, 2024, and another rally will be held in Pipli on September 22, 2024.
In February, the Haryana government had set up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway after farmer's unions announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
Earlier in February this year, farmers' protest 2.0 began, however, they were stopped at the Haryana borders for several days.
