farmers who walked away with khaats +Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi +industrialist like Vijay Mallya +Sahjani village of Gorakhpur +SAHJANI (Gorakhpur): Defending Uttar Pradesh's(wooden cots) at the end of his maiden "Khaat Sabha" in Deoria on Tuesday,said on Wednesday that while farmers were being branded "thieves" for taking away cots, an, who has escaped from the country, is called a "defaulter. During his visit, Rahul also stopped to have a cup of tea at the house of Ram Bachan Yadav in the village. (Rahul Gandhi in Sahjani village of Gorakhpur)Throughout his stay in the village, the Congress vice-president attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged anti-people policies. "During his Gorakhpur road show, Rahul repeated the Congress's campaign message. "Congress is demanding three things; loan waiver, electricity bills to be halved, and for the MSP to be settled in favour of the farmers," he said.

Source: Times of India September 07, 2016 12:41 UTC