‘Who decides official policy?’: Rahul Gandhi questions PM about Kangana Ranaut’s remark on farm laws

Two days after Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut said she believed that the repealed farm laws should be brought back, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned who was in charge of decision-making at the Centre.

“Who decides official policy?” the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha asked. “Is it Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi or a BJP MP?”

The Congress leader said that the Opposition INDIA bloc would not allow any “conspiracy of the BJP against our farmers” to succeed. “If any step is taken to harm the farmers, Modiji will have to apologise again,” he added.

Gandhi alleged that the BJP was not satisfied “even after the martyrdom of more than 700 farmers, especially the farmers of Haryana and Punjab”, referring to the 2020-2021 farmers’ protest.

सरकार की नीति कौन तय कर रहा है? एक भाजपा सांसद या प्रधानमंत्री मोदी?

700 से ज़्यादा किसानों, खास कर हरियाणा और पंजाब के किसानों की शहादत ले कर भी भाजपा वालों का मन नहीं भरा।

INDIA हमारे अन्नदाताओं के विरुद्ध भाजपा का कोई भी षडयंत्र कामयाब नहीं होने देगा - अगर किसानों को नुकसान… pic.twitter.com/ekmHQq6y5D— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 25, 2024

At a rally in poll-bound Haryana, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal also questioned the Centre about Ranaut’s statement, describing it as a “warning bell” for farmers. He also took...

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