LIVE: Rahul Gandhi begins his Kisan Padyatra
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi speaks in Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Source: PTI photo)
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi landed in Nagpur on Wednesday to begin his day-long kisan padyatra to highlight agrarian crisis in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. He will start his walk from Gunji village in Amravati district.
Maharashtra is one of the States that has experienced severe agrarian crisis and Amravati division in Vidarbha has witnessed many farmer suicides this year. On Wednesday, Rahul visited the ‘mandis’ of Sirhind, Gobindgarh and Khanna, which houses the country’s largest grain market.
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Source:: Indian Express