Rahul Gandhi's kisan mahapanchayat a flop show: BSP

Saturday, July 9, 2011, 18:19 [IST]

New Delhi, Jul 9: Rahul Gandhi's mahapanchayat is a "flop shop", said BSP in a statement.

The BSP hit back at Congress and asked what the party has done for farmers elsewhere.

Rahul Gandhi who held a Mahapanchayat in Aligarh said that Congress was not against the development of the country but were against the Maya government who assailed the innocent farmers in Uttar Pradesh.

After Rahul's padayatra (foot march) came to an end, Congress decided to hold a mahapanchayat, which was attended by at least 5,000 people in the state, especially farmers.

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