Govt. Withdrew Farm Laws Because Of Elections: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress Slams Govt. Over Farm Laws!

On Friday, the Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra came up with her popping statement saying the government withdrew the farm laws because of elections. 

Ahead of the assembly elections, the five states are under polling including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur, and Goa. Also, many other statements have come up during the polling and Campaigning during the assembly elections. 

During her Addressing for the party's virtual rally in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for indulging in the politics of caste and communalism instead of development issues.

Targeting the farm laws and the issues during the farmer's Nationwide protests and later repealed by the Central Government, Priyanka Gandhi stated that, The BJP's politics is only for its big corporate friends. Their policies, politics, and media are all working for their friends," Vadra alleged during the 'Congress Pratigya Virtual Maharally'.

"You must have seen how they tried to bring those farm laws. Had the farmers not protested for one year and if elections were not scheduled at the end of that protest, I can say this with surety that there would have been no change," she said.

Further, she said, the BJP government maintained the laws were pro-farmer. In reality, the laws were a conspiracy to hand over the benefits of farmers' hard work to the corporate. You all protested and that is why the conspiracy stopped," the Congress leader claimed.

The elections to the 403 assembly seats are being held in seven phases this time. The polls for the first two phases were held on February 10 and 14.