I’m proud my grandmother, father got killed while defending Indian philosphy: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he is proud that his grandmother Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated while standing for and defending the sense of India that is central to its civilisation and history.
In a conversation with Dipesh Chakrabarty, Representative, University of Chicago, Gandhi said his critics and trolls sharpen his sense of what he has to do for the country.

When asked if he was an unwilling entrant into politics like his father Rajiv Gandhi, the Congress leader said, “We believe in a certain sense of India and defend its certain political idea and philosophy. Elements of these are central themes in Indian civilization and history. I’m proud that my grandmother and father got killed while standing and defending something. It helps me understand them and my place and what I should be doing. There are no regrets,” he said.
He said as he moved further in this journey, those ideas are crystallising more.
“If you were to ask me why I would think of joining politics 15-20 years ago, my answer would be very different from what it would be today. As I go further, there is a battle of ideas going on. As the other ideas attack me, it helps me refine myself. Trolls sharpen my sense of what I have to do. They are almost like a guide to me, they tell me where I have to go and what I’ve to stand for. It’s an evolution,” he added. (ANI)

Farm laws will adversely impact small businesses associated with agriculture: Rahul Gandhi

Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], February 12 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that nearly 40 per cent of people in the country were in business associated with agriculture and the new farm laws will adversely impact them.
Attacking the BJP-led central government at a rally in Padampura here, the former Congress president said the agitation by farmers against the new farm laws was a “movement”.
He said the middle class will also be impacted by the new farm laws.
Gandhi said agriculture was the largest business, and unlike other businesses which are controlled by a handful of people, it involves a vast majority of people including farmers, small shopkeepers and labourers.
“This is the business of Bharat Mata and 40 per cent of India’s population is part of this business. These 40 per cent of people feed the nation,” he said.
Gandhi said that this business of 40 per cent people is worth Rs 40 Lakh crore. “It belongs to crores of businessmen, vendors, farmers and workers and will go into hands of just two people on the implementation of farm laws,” he said.
Gandhi said agitating farmers were showing “light in the darkness”.
Slamming the three laws, he said, “the first law will kill mandis, the second law will allow huge stockpiling of produce and the third law will take away farmers’ right to go to court against injustice”.
“This is the motive of these laws. The day these laws are implemented, remember my words, the business of 40 per cent population will go in hands of two people,” he alleged. (ANI)