Union Minister for Agriculture, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, saying that he is allegedly trying to mislead the farmers by lying repeatedly, and causing confusion among the general public regarding the India-US interim trade agreement.
"It is a matter of extreme sorrow and astonishment that on the first day of the Winter Session of the Lok Sabha, when tributes are traditionally paid to the departed leaders, the name of Rameshwar Dudhi, who passed away recently, was not included," Gehlot wrote on X in Hindi.
In a post shared on social media platform X on Saturday, Siddaramaiah wrote, "Lakhs of sugarcane farmers in Karnataka are in distress as the Union Govt evades the core issue of the widening gap between cultivation cost and price realisation."
Thousands of farmers gathered in Sudamda village of Surendranagar on Friday, raising their voices against the BJP government's crackdown on those demanding their rights.