BJP ministers slam Congress neta's 'liquor help' to farmers protests: 'Can't revive Cong'

Expressing shock at Congress leer Vidya Rani's 'liquor help' to farmers' agitation, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday, claimed that 'this exposed what protests for Congress'. Meanwhile, his colleague Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat scoffed at Vidya Rani's plan saying that ' de Congress party can't be revived with liquor'. He said that it needed party needed 'country service and dedication' which was missing in Congress.

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BJP: 'Congress can't be revived with liquor'

Haryana Congress neta urges workers to help farmers protest: 'Can give m money, liquor'

Congress neta: 'We can give money, liquor'

On Saturday, Haryana Congress leer Vidya Rani urged party workers to strengn farmers' agitation by taking care of ir needs - be it money, vegetables, or liquor. Stating that Congress was almost destroyed after (state or Centre) polls, she said that farmers' agitation h given a new lease to party. Chalking out a plan to hold pyatras in all districts in Haryana, she said that 'this was t just a farmers' agitation, but a people's agitation'. Protests continue for 79th day at Delhi's borders - Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.

"We should do payatra in every district, as y come under control, This will give Congress a new direction and Congress will be reborn. When we lost this time, our existence has almost been destroyed. This agitation was finished on January 26, but it was reignited because farmers' ideals were strong.  We should t leave any stone unturned. Be it money, vegetables, liquor-we can contribute to m as we like and strengn this agitation. This is t just a farmer agitation, but agitation for all of us," she said.

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Farmers protests intensify

After completing a peaceful 'Chakka Jam' across India except in Delhi, Uttar Presh and Uttarakhand, farmers have intensified protests with BKU leer Rakesh Tikait anuncing a tour across Western India from February 14 to 23 - covering Haryana Maharashtra and Rajasthan, holding Kisan Mahapanchayats in se places to encour more farmers to join protests. Moreover, after violence witnessed on Republic Day, Delhi police fortified city borders by cementing nails near barrices, deploying ditional troops, ding barbed wires etc at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Presh) and Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) borders, blocking access to ros completely. MHA h snapped off internet across all three border areas - Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur and later extended ban to 1-2 days more. Farmers have reiterated ' Ghar Wapsi till Law Wapsi', as protests have caught several international celebrities' interest online.

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After Tikait's breakdown at Ghazipur due to Yogi govt's diktat to 'vacate Ghazipur protest site', politicians thronged Ghazipur border, where Tikait and or UP farmers are camped at. While Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh dressed Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar, politicians like Abhay Singh Chautala, Chaudhary Ajit Singh, Sanjay Singh, Arvind Kejriwal spoke to Tikat after he broke down. Many or leers like Indian National Lok Dal’s Abhay Singh Chautala, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party’s Hanuman Beniwal, Congress' Ajay Lallu and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut have visited Tikait at Delhi borders. After 11 rounds of Centre-farmer talks, two parties failed to reach a middle ground after a five-hour meeting with associations refusing to agree to Centre's proposal for suspending implementation of aforesaid legislation for one and a half years.