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Priyanka Gandhi attends prayer meet of farmer who died during R-Day violence
In a video tweeted by Congress’s national convener Sarah Patel before reaching Rampur, Priyanka Gandhi was heard discussing the state of farmers in the country with her colleague.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur on Thursday to meet the family of a farmer who died in the clashes between the police and protesters during the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. The Congress general secretary attended the prayer meet of Navreet Singh whose tractor overturned in Delhi’s ITO area after ramming into a police barricade.
The protesters, however, alleged that the police shot at his tractor during the clashes on January 26. The claim was rejected by the police who cited the post-mortem report to say Singh died from injuries received in a tractor accident.
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In a video tweeted by Congress’s national convener Sarah Patel before reaching Rampur , Vadra was heard discussing the state of farmers in the country with her colleague while on their way to offer condolences to the kin of the deceased farmer.
Earlier this morning, at least two vehicles in the cavalcade of her party collided at Hapur bypass. No injuries were reported in the incident that took place near Garh Mukteshwar area, police said.
Congress leaders have backed the farmers agitation against the three contentious agricultural laws cleared by the government in September last year amid uproar in Parliament over their passage. On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi had accused the government of “shattering” the country’s image globally due to its treatment of protesting farmers. He alleged that the Centre has “crushed basic rights of farmers” in the course of the ongoing demonstration.
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His remarks came in the backdrop of several international figures, including pop star Rihanna and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, taking to Twitter to extend their support to farmers. The government, however, said criticism by foreign celebrities and attempts to “mobilise international support against India” on the government’s handling of the farmers’ protests without ascertaining facts were “neither accurate nor responsible.”
Thousands of farmers have been camping at the borders of the national capital demanding that the government repeal the three agri laws that liberalise farm trade. The government, however, has ruled out a complete roll back and has offered to make amendments.
