Jandiala Guru: Congress leaders on Friday sounded alarm bells over the Indo-US trade deal, saying it will sound the death knell for the country's farmers as the US agricultural products will flood Indian markets.
They also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi surrendered under pressure from the US President Donald Trump and was forced to accept these conditions, which were against the country’s interests.
Addressing the ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ rally here on Friday, the Congress leaders resolved that, in the way PM Modi was forced to withdraw the three controversial “black” agricultural laws, the same way he will be forced to restore the MGNREGA by the Congress.
Bhupesh promised that, in case the BJP govt does not restore the MGNREGA, the Congress govt, which will be formed in Punjab in 2027, will make special provisions for the poor labourers so that they are not affected by its withdrawal. Similarly, he said, once the Congress govt is formed at the Centre in 2029 with Rahul Gandhi as the PM, the MGNREGA will be restored in its original form.
Referring to the Indo-US trade deal, he said it was the sign of a weak PM who completely surrendered before Trump. He said, under Modi, the country was seen as weak as it was being arm-twisted by the US and the Chinese.
Speaking on the occasion, the Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring blamed both the central and the state govt for the failure to implement the MGNREGA scheme in Punjab. He said that while Modi scrapped the scheme now, chief minister Mann already failed as Punjab was providing negligible work under this scheme.
Warring also lashed out at the BJP and its leaders for trying to distort the conversation between Rahul Gandhi and Ravneet Singh Bittu. Giving details of the conversation, he said he was very much present on the occasion when Rahul addressed Bittu as his “traitor friend”.
He condemned the BJP for trying to give communal colour to the issue and accuse Rahul of insulting the Sikhs. He pointed out it was Bittu himself who said it so many times that he started wearing a turban at the behest of Rahul Gandhi only. Moreover, he added, Rahul Gandhi had so much faith and respect for the Sikh religion that he performed seva at Darbar Sahib round the clock. “Can such a person really insult Sikhs?” he asked.
Courtesy : TOI
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