Those who insult farmers can never be patriots: Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Rahul Gandhi attacked the Uttar Pradesh government and the BJP on March 24 for not giving dues to the farmers and said anyone insulting farmers in the country cannot be a patriot.

“Your (BJP) failure is yours, why are you punishing the farmers for it? Our farmers give us life. Any atrocities committed on them is that committed on the nation. The one who insults our farmers can never be a patriot,” Gandhi said in a Facebook post.

Gandhi also tagged a media report, which claimed that the sugarcane dues in Uttar Pradesh had crossed ₹ 10,000 crore and half of that was from the seats that goes to polls in the first phase.