Corporates will grab Rs 80 lakh cr agribusiness: Rahul on farm laws

Guwahati, Feb 14 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday that the three new central farm laws will help corporates and rich people grab agribusiness worth Rs 80 lakh crore in India.
Addressing an impressive public gathering in eastern Assam’s Sivasagar, Gandhi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Parliament nothing about interests of farmers despite the fact that they have been agitating for nearly three months now.
“The BJP-led central government has already ruined the Indian economy and the people across the country by introducing Goods and Services Tax and demonetisation, and now it is trying to further dent rural economy by these three laws,” he said.
Kick-starting the party’s campaign for the 2021 Assembly elections in Assam, the Congress leader said that India should not be “remote-controlled” from Nagpur.
“Every asset of the country is being sold for the interest of very few people,” he alleged.
He claimed that only Rs 167 was given to tea garden workers (as wages) but the entire tea garden was being handed over to Gujarat businessmen. “If the Congress returns to power, we will give Rs 365 as daily wages to tea garden workers.”