On Saturday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi hit out at the central government, saying that farmers are being forced to celebrate black Diwali as the Kharif crop is being sold at less than 22.5 percent on average on the Minimum Support Price (MSP). She said that the double exploitation of farmers should be stopped.

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According to media reports, Sonia issued a statement before Diwali, accusing the Modi government of not fulfilling the promise of giving a minimum support price of 50 percent more than the cost. She said that the Central Government is benefiting some middlemen year after year and looting crores of rupees from the farmers. The government's rule is to stop the exploitation of farmers. She also named some Kharif crops, including pulses, sunflower, jowar and millet.

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In her statement, Sonia said, on the one hand, the BJP-led government has imposed GST on fertilizers, 18 percent on farm equipment and 18 percent on pesticides, on the other hand, diesel prices are constantly increasing. Due to this, farmers are being hit twice.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has admitted that after the defeat in the general elections in May, the party had become reckless due to which there was a delay in making state-level changes in Haryana. Had it happened six months earlier, the party's performance in the recent election was likely to improve.

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