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My speech was good, but got no response: Rahul Gandhi
Delhi, April 20
Congress vice-president Rahul
Gandhi said the central government gave no answer to questions he raised
about the land ordinance on Monday.
"My speech was good but I
got no response (from the government)," Gandhi told reporters as he
exited parliament after speaking on the agrarian crisis that was pending
from the first phase of the budget session.
Gandhi contended
that the government was "incapable" of responding to issues raised in
his speech because of the government's indifference to the plight of
farmers and the labourers.
Earlier, speaking in the Lok Sabha
that reconvened on Monday for the budget session after a month-long
recess, he accused the BJP-led NDA government of being the "government
of corporates" and the one that has completely "neglected farmers and
labourers of the country".
Gandhi, who returned to politics after
a 56-day leave of absence, was seen as leading the opposition against
the controversial land acquisition ordinance bill that was tabled in the
Lok Sabha on Monday.
The land acquisition ordinance was re-promulgated on April 3, a day before it was to lapse.