Holding a ‘padyatra’ in drought-hit Bundelkhand, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at PM Narendra Modi saying he should think about farmers and labourers too and not just industrialists and give more funds for the backward region.
The Congress vice-president reffered to Modi becoming “emotional” on Friday while expressing grief over the suicide by a dalit scholar Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad University and said the PM should also show empathy for the farmers who are providing “the food you eat”.
Addressing villagers during his foot-march, he demanded that some of the money saved by the government due to decline in crude oil prices be diverted to the region. “Yesterday, we saw Modiji becoming emotional...he paused during his speech (at BBAU convocation) and had tears in his eyes...I want to say Modiji the food you eat, the pulse which is today selling at Rs 220 is provided to you by farmers,” he said.