Badni Kalan (Moga), Oct 4 (UNI) Kickstarting a three-day 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' here on Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi vowed to fight the black Farm Laws and save the farmers from the clutches of big corporates like the Ambanis and the Adanis, to whom 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 Adanis and the Ambanis, 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 wastepaper basket.

Addressing a public rally at Badni Kalan in Moga 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 2-3 large corporate houses of his billionaire friends.

The Congress leader cited the examples of demonetisation, GST and the debt and tax waiver of big industrialists amid Covid, while not giving a rupee’s aid to the poor and the farmers.

“This is about your land and your money” Rahul warned the farmers, recalling the Land Acquisition Bill which 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 Adanis and the Ambanis 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, the Congress MP said.

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