India / BJP shares 'propaganda vs reality' video after Rahul's tweet on farmers' protest

New Delhi: Amid ongoing farmers’ protest against the Centre’s new farm acts, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared a picture on social media in which a cop can be seen baton-charging an old farmer.

Posting the photo on Twitter, Gandhi wrote, “It is a very sad photo. Our slogan was 'jai jawan jai kisan' but today PM Modi's arrogance made the jawan stand against the farmer. This is very dangerous.”

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi also shared the picture on Twitter, crticising police action on protesting farmers. "Look at the country’s system in the BJP government. When the billionaire friends of BJP come to Delhi, they get a red-carpet welcome. But when farmers come to Delhi, roads are being dug. It is right that laws against farmers are made but when farmers come to Delhi, it becomes wrong?” she tweeted.

The BJP was quick to respond to Gandhi's tweet, calling him the most discredited opposition leader in the country. “Rahul Gandhi must be the most discredited opposition leader India has seen in a long long time,” BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said in a tweet.

Calling the picture shared by Gandhi “propaganda”, Malviya said that police “did not even touch the farmer”.

Farmers resume 'Delhi Chalo' march

Meanwhile, Punjab farmers resumed their 'Delhi Chalo' march against the farm laws on Saturday morning after halting for the night at the Singhu Border to join thousands who have already reached the national capital's borders.

On Friday, the Central government allowed thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana to enter Delhi and hold a peaceful protest at the Nirankari ground in Delhi’s Burari area after they refused to go back despite facing teargas and water cannons.

The Centre has invited several Punjab farmer organisations for a fresh round of talks in Delhi on December 3.

Several farmers have been protesting against the three farm laws for the past few months, expressing apprehension that the laws would pave a way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporates.