Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP-led government over agrarian crisis

General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday lashed out at the BJP-led government for ignoring agrarian distress. Priyanka Gandhi stated its proposal to revamp Delhi's Parliament building will cost about Rs. 12,450 crore while sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh had pending dues of Rs. 7,000 crore. 

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'The contract to 'beautify'

The Congress leader took to the social media platform and wrote, "The contract to ''beautify'' Delhi's most beautiful and historic area from the Parliament to India Gate has been given to a Gujarati company and government's estimated expenditure is Rs. 12,450 crores. The dues of sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh are Rs. 7,000 crores." Priyanka Gandhi added that the 'BJP government is losing its mind.”

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'Beware of the day...it will come'

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra further accused the BJP-led government of ignoring the farmers. "Ignoring the plight of farmers, they are filling the pockets of their friends. The day the farmer of the country wakes up, beware of the day...it will come," she added. The contract for revisiting master plan for the development of central vista (Rajpath) and a common central secretariat has been awarded to a Gujarat-based firm with the government prescribing stringent timelines for completing various works including the refurbishment of the parliament building.

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