New Delhi: AICC former Chief Rahul Gandhi said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running the country on a “hum doh hamare doh” (we two, our two) policy. Rahul Gandhi in his speech in parliament Thursday said that BJP-led Government’s policy has been in play in demonetization, Goods and Services tax, lockdown and most recently, the three farm laws passed in September that have had the farmers across the country up in arms.

“You all must remember the saying we used for family planning — ‘Hum doh, humare doh’. This government has given that slogan a new meaning. The country is run by four people. ‘Hum doh, aur humaare doh’,” said Rahul. He however, did not name anyone, declaring instead “everyone knows them”. Rahul also said that the farmers’ protest is not all that it appears. It is struggle for survival for many others too. “You all feel that this is a farmers’ protest, but you all are very wrong. This is India’s protest… the farmers are just leading the way,” he said.

This is because the farm laws, he said, will not only ruin farmers, but finish the middlemen and have a “devastating effect” on small shopkeepers, small businessmen. It will be a “massive blow” to small and medium enterprise, which will “destroy” India’s rural economy. There was constant heckling and disruptions from BJP MPs as Rahul Gandhi progressed with his speech, he responded, “Agriculture is also part of the budget”.

“The intent of the first farm law is to ensure that farmers’ produce is sold to a top few industrialists – one of whom is known by all as the government’s first friend. The intent of the second farm law is to ensure the benefits of the law go to the second friend,” Gandhi said. “The intent of the government is clear they want to break the backbone of India by breaking the farmer, labourer, small shop owners, middleman, and feed the pieces to these friends the top industrialists,” added Rahul, whose party has been firmly backing the farmers’ protest.