Rahul on padayatra, meets and comforts distressed farmers

October 10, 2015 13:52

Undertaking a padayatra and interacting with farmers, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today counselled the peasants not to commit suicide as it was no solution to their problems.

On the second day of his tour of Karnataka to comfort the distressed families of farmers who had committed suicide, Rahul started about a seven-km long padayatra from Maidur village in Haveri district of north Karnataka.

At the first stop of his padayatra, the Congress MP had interactions with students at Maidur higher primary school.

Asked how he would solve the farmers' problems if he became the Prime Minister, Rahul said the country should be run by the citizens and they should be empowered to solve their problems.

During his interaction with farmers, he urged them not to commit suicide because it is not the solution. He met the farmers at Kandebagur helipad in Rannebennur, where they raised concern over Kalasa-Banduri row between Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

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