Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has said that politicians should spend more time in the rural areas to understand the ground realities.
On the fourth and last day of his padyatra that will culminate in the kisan mahapanchayat in Aligarh on Saturday, Mr Gandhi said that he had not learnt as much in Lok Sabha as he had learnt during his interaction with the farmers.
“When we sit in Delhi or Lucknow, we don’t get to know ground realities. I have not learnt as much in Lok Sabha as I learnt from you. No politician can ever improve the condition of the farmers without approaching them directly,” he said.
Mr Gandhi admitted that coalition compulsions had held up the Centre’s new land acquisition bill. “We want to bring a land acquisition bill that can serve farmers over a long time, not one which may be questioned or thrown out in no time... What if we bring a bill in a hurry and then Bengal demands that we amend it?” Mr Gandhi asked.