Modi govt puppet in hands of corporates: Rahul

Moga (Punjab), Oct 4 : Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday kicked off a three-day ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra’ in Punjab with a vow to fight the ‘black’ farm laws and save the farmers from the clutches of big corporates to whom he alleged the central government had sold off the interests of the farming community.
Describing the Modi government as a ‘Kathputli’ (puppet) government, whose strings were in the hands of the corporates, Rahul gave a ‘guarantee’ to the farmers that the day the Congress comes to power at the Centre, these three ‘black laws’ will be scrapped and consigned to the waste basket.
Addressing a public rally at Badni Kalan in Moga district where he was joined by Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, before taking off on a tractor rally through Moga and Ludhiana districts, Rahul lambasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “lying” to the people and misleading the nation for the past six years to serve the interests of two or three large corporate houses of his “billionaire friends”.
He cited the examples of demonetisation, GST and the debt and tax waiver of big industrialists amid Covid-19, while he alleged the Centre had not given a rupee’s aid to the poor and the farmers.
“This is about your land and your money” Rahul told the farmers, recalling the Land Acquisition Bill which he said the UPA government had amended to protect the farmers but the Modi government had scrapped, with the support of the Akalis, soon after taking over the country’s reins.
“The corporates want to take over the land and money of the farmers without giving anything in return and the Prime Minister was helping them in exchange of 24X7 media coverage in his favour,” said the Congress leader.