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Rahul does a dharna for farmers
Friday, April 18, 2008
It was an eventful day for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who made a surprise visit to Ghisauli village of UP to get to know the status of the farmers there.
Rahul who also joined the farmers who wanted to address their grievances to the Divisional commissioner against the serious discrepancies and irregularities in NREGS. However the Cong leader who led over 200 farmers from Ghisoli and Badora villages were stopped by the police on the road.
The police indicated that not more than 5 people would be allowed to meet the official. It was then Rahul staged a sit in protest on the road and the officials finally had to give up and allowed the farmers to accompany Gandhi for the meeting.
--MP
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