Rahul hits out at Modi Govt over farmers� plight in Punjab

BATHINDA, Nov 6: Taking on the Badal Government and NDA at the Centre over the farm crisis in Punjab, Rahul Gandhi today said industrialists are always given a �red carpet welcome� in the Modi government while farmers are met with �closed� doors by banks.Winding up his two-day tour of Malwa belt of Punjab, the bastion of the Badal family, he said, �The Modi run NDA government did not accept Congress points on Land Bill which clearly speaks of their pro-industrialist and anti-farmer strategies.��An industrialist is always given a red carpet welcome in Modi government while the farmer is met with closed doors by banks,� he said.Rahul said Congress had opposed the Land reform Bill on three points which include if work does not start in five years land shall be re-transferred to farmer and a social audit be necessary to assess the loss owing to it to farmers and farm labourers.However, the Modi government did not accept these points. �This clearly spoke of their pro-industrialist and anti-farmer strategies,� he said.Farmers in Bathinda, the cotton belt of the state, have suffered huge losses due to whitefly attack on crop. (PTI)