New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday castigated the BJP-led Union government for the alleged “inhuman, insensitive and arrogant” attitude towads farmers and demanded immediate compensation for the families of the 700 deceased, farmers who died during the yearlong farm agitation.
Rahul said that the Congress-ruled Punjab government had provided Rs five lakh each to the kin of 403 deceased farmers and assured jobs to the family members of 152 with plans to expand the job coverage.
“Frankly it is not our mistake that caused the death of 700 farmers. It is the PM’s mistake. The prime minister apologised. He said he made a mistake and because of that mistake, 700 farmers died. Why doesn’t the PM have the decency and the dignity to help their families?” Gandhi asked in a press conference adding that he would place the details of 700 deceased farmers on the table of Lok Sabha on Monday.