'PM gives debt relief to the rich but not farmers', Rahul Gandhi at Jantar Mantar

Vice president of AICC, Rahul Gandhi met agitating farmers from Tamilnadu at Jantar Mantar on Friday. Accepting a green shawl handed over by the protesting farmers, Rahul Gandhi sat with the agitators who displayed skulls of other farmers who committed suicide due to debts. Accusing the government of failing the poor of the country, Rahul Gandhi questioned relief offered to the rich and influential.

"Neither the Indian government nor the Prime Minister hears their voices. It is the Prime Minister's responsibility to hear them out," he said. Accusing the government of being anti-poor and anti-farmer, Rahul Gandhi asked why relief could not be extended to the agitating farmers when the rich of the country were extended loan waivers. "The Prime Minister has given debt relief to the richest of the country, why not for the farmers who have built this country?" he asked.

Earlier in the day, DMK MP Kanimozhi also joined the protests in solidarity with the farmers. Farmers from Tamil Nadu have been protesting with skulls for almost three weeks demanding loan waiver from nationalised banks and apt drought relief from the centre. Many attempts to pacify the protesters have yielded no results. More farmers from the state are expected to join protests while students back in Tamil Nadu have also taken to protests to extend their support to the farming community.

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