Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the Union Government over farmers’ protest against the new agriculture laws and termed the Centre a Government of ‘lie and loot’.

“They said Farmers’ income will double. What they did- increased their friends income four times while farmers’ income will be halved. Government of lie, loot and suit boot,” the Congress leader tweeted in Hindi.

कहा- किसान की आय दुगनी होगी।

किया- ‘मित्रों’ की आय हुई चौगुनी और किसान की होगी आधी।

झूठ की, लूट की, सूट-बूट की सरकार। pic.twitter.com/anSiQ8Zird

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 2, 2020

The Congress leader also shared a video from a news channel regarding the recent farmers’ protest against the three agricultural sector laws passed by the central Government in the last Monsoon session of the Parliament. Last night, the Union Government held a meeting with the representatives of the Protesting farmers and offered to set up a committee to look into their demands, which they rejected.