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Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took his fight against the contentious land acquisition bill to Punjab as he travelled by train to the grain bowl of the NDA-ruled state and met farmers to see their condition "with my own eyes". (PTI)
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Dressed in a brown tee and jeans and sporting a stubble, the Congress Vice President reached Ambala in Haryana bordering Punjab this evening sitting in a general compartment of the Sachkhand express before he drove down to the local Anaj Mandi in Fategarh Sahib district. (PTI)
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"I am going to Punjab. I had also stated in my speech (in Parliament) that those who provide grains to the country, food to the country, from them their land is being snatched. This is wrong and we will counter it," Rahul Gandhi told reporters from his window seat earlier at the New Delhi Railway station from where he boarded the train. (PTI)
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Congress leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shakeel Ahmed, who is AICC in-charge of Punjab, accompanied Rahul Gandhi. (PTI)
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Asked to respond to the criticism that his visit to Punjab was a "drama" and was political, Rahul Gandhi shot back," What do they want to make everything non-political?" (PTI)
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Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Khanna and Gobindgarh and will take stock of the situation in the state's grain markets where farmers are finding it difficult to sell their produce after the recent unseasonal rains. Khanna grain market is considered one of the largest grain markets in Asia. (PTI)
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