Amid dispute between farmer representatives and the Centre over agriculture laws even after several rounds of talks, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday called a virtual meeting with senior party leaders to discuss the ongoing farmers’ protest.
Gandhi will meet party general secretaries and in-charges to chalk out a strategy to back farmers who have been agitating against the Centre's farm laws at several border points of Delhi for over a month, according to party sources.
The Congress party has been attacking the Centre over the agitation and extended support to the protesting farmers. Gandhi recently said that the Modi government is oblivious to farmers’ distress.
According to report, the Congress is now planning to go aggressive against the Central government over the farmers' agitation and hit the ground to reach out to the people across the country.
In a sound statement, the Congress leader had said that for the first time since independence such an "arrogant" government has come to power that cannot see the sufferings of 'annadatas', and demanded that the new farm laws be immediately withdrawn unconditionally. She said, “it seems that ensuring profits for a handful of industrialists has become the main agenda of this government”.
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