“Being anti-farmer is in the DNA of the Congress. Not from today, but since the beginning, it has had misplaced priorities,” he said.In an apparent reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Chakrvyuh jibe, Chouhan said that in Mahabharat, the party remembers only Shakuni, Chausar and Chakravyuh, which represent “adharm” (unrighteousness).“We remember only Lord Krishna,” he claimed.“What did they do during their government? People had to eat substandard wheat imported from America during the tenure of the first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru,” the minister said. He also cited how the government, during Indira Gandhi’s time, forcibly collected levies from farmers.Chouhand asserted that the Modi administration views farmers not as “vote bank” but as “Annadata” (provider of grains) and ‘Gods’.
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