‘Won’t budge, will fight for farmers’: Rahul Gandhi after BJP MP seeks his expulsion from Lok Sabha

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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asserted that he will “not budge” and will continue to speak up for farmers regardless of any legal or parliamentary action against him, following a notice from Bharatiya Janata MP Nishikant Dubey seeking his expulsion through a substantive motion.

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“Narendra Modi has sold the country and its farmers,” Gandhi said in a video posted on social media. “You put cases against me, abuse me. Do whatever you want, file a privilege motion, it does not matter to me, I have spoken the truth in Parliament, you may not like it, that is a different matter, but the country knows the truth.”

He accused Modi of being “anti-farmer”, and of “selling” the interests of the country in the trade deal with the United States.

Gandhi has alleged that in the recently-announced trade deal, the BJP-led Union government compromised India’s energy security and harmed farmers’ interests.

On Thursday, Dubey submitted a notice for a substantive motion against Gandhi for allegedly...

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