Govt. has shown shocking insensitivity towards farmers, says Sonia Gandhi at CWC meeting

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in her opening remarks to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday, touched upon a spread of points together with the continued farmers’ agitation, vaccination drive for healthcare employees and upcoming Parliament session and accused the federal government of shocking insensitivity towards farmers.

Ms. Gandhi accused the federal government of promoting off public belongings and resorting to panic privatisation and asserted that the Congress would by no means settle for it.

She additionally referred to safety implications of the leaked WhatsApp chats of Republic TV promoter Arnab Goswami and questioned the silence of the federal government on the difficulty, stating that those that gave certificates of patriotism to others now stood uncovered.

Internal ballot

The CWC can also be discussing the schedule of the get together’s inner ballot, which has been ready by the central election authority headed by Rajya Sabha MP Madhusudan Mistry.

Referring to the continued talks between the Centre and the farmers, she stated, “The agitation of farmers continues and the government has shown shocking insensitivity and arrogance going through the charade of consultations”.

“It is abundantly clear that the three laws were prepared in haste and Parliament was consciously denied an opportunity for examining in any meaningful detail their implications and impacts. Our position has been very clear from the very beginning: we reject them categorically because they will destroy the foundations of food security that are based on the three pillars of MSP [minimum support price], public procurement and PDS [public distribution system],” she added.

Without naming the Republic TV promoter, she stated, “I think just a few days back, Antonyji had said that leaking official secrets of military operations is treason. Yet, the silence from the government side on what has been revealed has been deafening. Those who give certificates of patriotism and nationalism to others now stand totally exposed.”

COVID-19 dealing with

The Congress chief expressed the boldness that vaccination of front-line well being professionals and employees will likely be carried out to the fullest extent and accused the federal government of inflicting untold struggling on the individuals by way of its poor administration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It will take years for the scars to heal,” she stated.

The Congress chief stated that whereas the financial state of affairs remained grim, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) had been decimated and the federal government was spending cash on private vainness initiatives as a substitute of prioritising public expenditure.

“Equally anguishing is the manner in which the government has weakened labour and environmental laws and its moving ahead with the sell-off of carefully built-up public assets. Panic privatisation has gripped the government and this is something that the Congress party can never accept and support,” she stated.