Rahul Gandhi: It's time to usher in another Green Revolution

The time has come to usher in another Green Revolution and the Congress will do it if comes to power after the Lok Sabha polls Congress President Rahul Gandhi said at a farmers outreach here on WednesdayGandhi made the announcement while kicking off the partys Lok Sabha election campaign in Rajasthan at a Kisan Rally where he again hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale jet deal He announced that the Congress government in the state shall start food processing units near farmers landWe aim to connect our crops globally We need a new strategy in this direction So there is a need to bring another Green Revolution Harit KrantiIn fact the Congress shall do it We have decided to start food processing units near farms where farmers are sowing their crops he said adding he had already spoken to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress state President Sachin Pilot He also said that Modi would have to waive loans of Indian farmers Or else the Congress shall do it after coming to powerGandhi reiterated that waiving loans will not solve the problems of farmers but it was the first step to help poor farmers We will help farmers with new technology The Congress President praised the farmers of Rajasthan for showing their might to Modi by forming a Congress government in the stateThe Assembly elections have shown farmers strength to Modi Now is the time when Indias farmers and youths should bat on the front foot without getting scared and hit sixersIn fact Modi has been playing on the back foot after making promises for the past four and a half years he said using cricketing analogyOur Prime Minister promises employment jobs loan waiver but when his batting turn comes he gets scared and goes on the back foot Modi promised jobs but instead he brought in demonetisation and GST which hampered small businesses and resulted in losses for farmersFurther he gave our money to his friend in the Rafale deal Gandhi said that Modi boasts about his 56inch chest but he could not gather courage to come to the Lok Sabha even for a minute He ran away to a Punjab university In fact his Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for two and a half hoursChaukidar ne chori ki hai aur chaowkidaar dar ke baag gaya The watchman committed theft and ran away scaredThen Gandhi raised the slogan Chowkidaar chor hai and the crowd repeated after himOn this occasion he asked the public to share their pain with Congress Ministers in Rajasthan Tell us your Mann ki Baat We shall not tell our Mann ki Baat but will listen to your suggestionsHe warned Rajasthan Ministers that he should not get any complaint against them My first priority is the people here and then come party workersCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever