BJP on Tuesday mocked Rahul Gandhi's remarks on promises for farmers as his "seasonal expression of sympathy in the season of elections" and claimed that while states ruled by it have seen maximum agricultural growth, those by Congress are known for cases of "land-grab". The fate of farmers was turned upside down during these times, he said, referring to controversial land deals involving Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra. For a party which could not understand the pain of farmers during its 56 years in governance to make such claims now, is "baseless and ridiculous", he said. Trivedi alleged that farmers were exploited and land grabbed in states like Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the Congress governments while BJP-ruled Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh saw a big jump in agricultural growth. He said both SP and BSP, which has been in the power in the state during the last 14 years, supported the UPA government and, therefore Congress cannot claim that it had no association with the state's governments.

Source: dna September 06, 2016 18:45 UTC