In the midst of high voltage drama on the border of Haryana bordering Punjab against agricultural laws, Haryana officials today allowed a rally of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and some party leaders to enter the BJP-ruled state.
After concluding his last rally in Sannaur, Patiala, Rahul Gandhi drove a tractor to reach the Haryana border on the day of the conclusion of his “Khet Bachao Yatra”. He was also accompanied by Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar and senior party leader Harish Rawat on the tractor.
Several Congress activists were accompanying Rahul Gandhi from Punjab’s Patiala district, but the rally was halted for an hour on the highway near Tokar village on the Pihowa border.
Senior officials of Haryana Police present at the spot before Rahul Gandhi reached the Punjab-Haryana border told reporters that they would not allow more than 100 people to gather at one place as per the guidelines due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Punjab: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tractor rally, as part of party’s ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra’, from Nurpur in Patiala stopped at Haryana border.
“I am not moving and am happy to wait here. 1 hour, 5 hours, 24 hours, 100 hours, 1000 hours or 5000 hours,” he tweets. https://t.co/TPhoBWy5Ie pic.twitter.com/JdVDUcfSyd
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Rahul Gandhi and some Congress leaders were later allowed to enter Haryana, where some programs of the former Congress chief are scheduled.
In the rally with Rahul, Haryana’s state Congress president Kumari Selja, senior leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Kiran Choudhary, Ajay Singh Yadav and in-charge of the party’s Haryana affairs are Vivek Bansal.
In view of Rahul Gandhi’s tractor rally in Haryana, the BJP-led government had said on Monday that Congress leaders may bring some people with them to the state, but will not be allowed to bring large crowds from Punjab, which worsens the atmosphere. Can.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had said that Rahul Gandhi has the right to express his views, but if he takes out a big procession from Punjab, we will not allow it.
At the same time, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij had said that if Rahul Gandhi comes with a large crowd from Punjab to spoil the atmosphere of Haryana, we will not allow it at all.
‘Black laws’ related to agriculture will destroy the system of food security: Rahul
In Patiala, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the three ‘black laws’ related to agriculture will destroy the food security system. He claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to benefit some of his capitalist friends through these laws. Rahul Gandhi said that all these three laws have been made is an attempt to destroy the existing system of food security.
According to the Congress leader, these laws will have the most adverse effect on Punjab and Haryana. He said that demonetisation was done first and GST was implemented. This destroyed small and medium businesses. The government did not help. Gandhi said that there is a system of food security in the country. If it breaks down, not only the farmers, but all the people will suffer. On the question of the perception of the opposition being weak, he said that when the entire institutional structure has been taken under control, then it is not fair to say that the opposition is weak. He claimed to have forcibly captured the soul of the country.
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