Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been invited to address a farmers’ rally in Mehsana on December 21, said GPCC president Bharatsinh Solanki on Monday. Mehsana is known for Dudhsagar Dairy, India’s largest co-operative milk dairy under the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF). It is also the home district of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and former chief minister Anandiben Patel.
“We have made all preparations for a farmers’ rally in Mehsana on December 21. But, we have yet to get a nod from Rahul Gandhi,” Solanki told reporters here. Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said that the rally was being organised to share the plight of farmers post-demonetisation. “Farmers are not getting prices for their produce. Tomato farmers are throwing their produce in the fields or feeding it to animals because they are not getting even the cost incurred on transporting the produce to the market.
