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BJP will pay for anti-farmer stand: Rahul Gandhi Feb 18th 2022, 00:32 Tribune Reporters Fatehgarh Sahib, February 17 AICC former president Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP should forget forming the next government in the state as Punjabis would not let its peace and stability be compromised. He said Capt Amarinder Singh's failure to lower power prices citing contracts with private thermal plants led to his "removal as Chief Minister" and if the SAD or AAP formed the government, power rates would further go up. Addressing two back-to-back rallies in support of Kuljit Singh Nagra and Gurpreet Singh GP at Sirhind and Bassi Pathana, Rahul attacked the BJP and AAP for their poll promises. "They both are now talking about drugs, terrorism and farmers' income, while in reality they have constantly ignored such issueshellip; Punjab will not vote for them," he said. "PM Narendra Modi should explain why 700 farmers died and thousands had to sit in the cold and during Covid for over a year. The PM never apologized to them. Now when he talks of the farming community, farmers are mocking him. They will not vote for the BJP", he said. Manmohan Singh would have never allowed farmers to struggle had he been in place of Modi. "First of all such a law wouldn't have been introduced. In any case, if farmers would have protested, Singh would have rolled back any measure they did not approve of. "During the UPA government, farmers raised the issue of rising debts. The government waived Rs 70,000 crore," he said. Speaking about Kejriwal, Rahul said one of the founding members of AAP, Kumar Vishwas, has questioned Kejriwal's stand on taking help from anti-nationals. "Kejriwal must come clean and answer the people of Punjab. His visit and stays at the houses of terrorists raises doubts. How can a border state like Punjab, vote for him," he said. He added Capt Amarinder Singh was removed as the CM as he refused to bring power prices down and act against private thermal plants. "We had no option but to remove him when he sided with private companies to protect their interests over Punjab's," Gandhi said, claiming the state had made up its mind to bring the Congress led by a poor man like Channi, back to power. Media files: 2022_2$largeimg_886550754.jpg

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