Rajnath Singh slams Rahul Gandhi for 'misleading' farmers

Chandauli(UP): Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Sunday slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for "misleading" peasants at the Kisan Maha rally and made an appeal to the community to not get misguided by rumours spread against NDA government's land acquisition ordinance
and other policies.

Addressing a Kisan Mahapanchayat in his native district, the Home Minister said, "Rahul Gandhi (or
Sonia Gandhi and his Congress party) holding a Kisan Maha rally will not help them in misleading farmers against the land acquisition policy."The Union Minister, while addressing farmers, appealed them they should not get mislead from the rumours that were being spread about his NDA
government's land ordinance and other policies.
"I was born here, I am a son of a farmer and very well understand the plight of farmers as I myself has been one among them, before moving to this high post," he said.
Highlighting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's seriousness in bringing an improvement in the lives of farmers, Singh said, "When Modi was leaving for his foreign tour, the same night he called me on my phone and asked to send the proposal for his signature so that this new norm of 33 per cent from 50 per cent may come into effect from the very next day, before he leaves the country and our farmers may not have to suffer anymore."