New Delhi:Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for criticising the Centre over the farmers' protest and said that the party who ruled the country for maximum years failed to bring reforms for the farmers.
Speaking to media, Naqvi also said that although Gandhi's party ruled the country for 50 years, they did not work in the farmers' interest.
"The people making such statements are the ones who ruled the country for 50 years and they did not work in the interest of farmers and agriculture. They never introduced reforms that would have benefited farmers, their lands, or their livelihoods," Naqvi said.
He added, "The Congress' problem is that the party is on a ventilator and the foolish activities of Rahul Gandhi and other leaders are accelerating.PM Narendra Modi has always prioritized the interest of the farmers of this country. Every single one of his schemes and laws are in favour of farmers."
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been consistently criticising the Union government over farmers' protest against the new agriculture laws and termed the Centre a government of 'lie and loot'.
"They said farmers' income will double. What they did- increased their friend's income four times while farmers' income will be halved. Government of lie, loot and of suit-boot," Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
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