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Rahul Gandhi visits mortuary after farmer's suicide
New Delhi, April 22
Congress vice president
Rahul Gandhi visited the Lady Hardinge hospital on Wednesday where the
body of a farmer, who committed suicide at the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP)
rally, was brought for autopsy.
Speaking to the media at the
mortuary, Gandhi refrained from commenting too much about an incident
that he described as "unfortunate".
He, however, sought to assure
farmers and labourers that "they need not worry. We (the Congress) is
with you and will help you in every possible way".
On being asked
about the rising number of farmers' suicides in the country, Gandhi
said: "The farmers are being punished by the (Narendra) Modi government.
It is a government that heads the corporates of this country... is
fully focused on helping them."
"And this is causing tremendous pain and damage to the farmers and labourers of this country," he added.
His
statement came after a farmer from Rajasthan, whose crops were
destroyed by rain, hanged himself from a tree here during an AAP rally,
held to protest against the controversial land ordinance.