Farmers cheer Rahul for snubbing Mayawati’s ‘nautanki’ remark

The AICC general secretary flew in from Delhi and was accorded a rapturous welcome on his arrival at the mahapanchayat venue,a day after he wound up his four-day ‘footmarch’ to espouse the cause of the farmers over alleged forcible land acquisition in UP at cheap prices.

Slogans rent the air and Rahul waved to the crowds as he reached the venue around 1.40 pm.

Earlier,the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family,patiently heard some representatives of farmers at the mahapanchayat and took notes as the farmers raised their issues and problems ¿ that they be involved in the process of development.

As farmers at the venue screamed from the separate stage set for them to air their views,and jostled amongst one another to speak out,Rahul was seen calming them down.

He even asked the gathering to keep quiet,when the farmers were speaking.

Rahul later echoed their concerns from a dais packed with top Congress leaders including Minority Affairs Minister Salmaan Khursheed,Ministers of State RPN Singh,Jitin Prasad and Sachin Pilot and State Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi,while AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh and many other Congress leaders were seen moving below the stage below.

The Amethi MP played his pro-farmer,pro-poor card well,as he said,”We want to make poor farmers a part of the development process because their lands are being forcibly taken away forcibly.”