"Lying, Unwilling To Compensate Farmers": Rahul Gandhi Slams Government
NDTV
Rahul Gandhi told reporters the Congress had identified (and compensated) families of over 500 Punjab farmers and had further located those of 200 others in other states
The centre is "lying" and "unwilling to compensate" the families of over 700 farmers who died during the months-long protest against the farm laws, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said Friday evening.
Mr Gandhi slammed the centre for having told Parliament this week (in response to a question he raised in the Lok Sabha) that it had no data on the number of farmers who died during the agitation.
The Agriculture Ministry said it had "no record in the matter and hence the question does not arise".
In response, Mr Gandhi brandished a list of 500+ dead farmers from Congress-ruled Punjab (whose families had been given Rs 5 lakh each by the state) and another list of 200 dead farmers from other states, and challenged the centre to, at least now, act on demands for their families to be compensated.
