Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is holding a foot march in Uttar Pradesh's Sarsawa today to show solidarity with sugarcane farmers, who are yet to receive their dues. During his stopovers on the way, Mr Gandhi took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his promised "acche din" is yet to come for the farmers, the labourers and the economically weaker sections.<br/><br/>The Congress plans to take on the government over the payment for cane farmers, which is pending. Concerned over the growing arrears – amounting to more than Rs. 21,000 crore — the government has fixed a Rs. 4.5 subsidy per quintal crushed, which, it said, will be paid directly to the farmers. The UPA government, Mr Gandhi said, waived off loans worth Rs. 70,000 crore. In Haryana and other Congress governments, the minimum support price, he said, went up every year.
News On AIR | November 23, 2015 2:03 PM
Rahul holds foot march in support of UP farmers