Priyanka Gandhi’s Kisan Mahapanchayat in Mathura postponed to Feb 23

AGRA: All India Congress Committee General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s plan to address a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Mathura on Friday has been postponed to February 23 due to demise of Veteran Congress leader Captain Satish Sharma.
In a letter issued by Gandhi’s office, it was stated that her program has been postponed due to the untimely demise of Captain Sharma.“Sharma was a dear friend who stood by the family through thick and thin. People of Amethi and Raebareli will always remember him as a people’s person who stood by them during difficult times," she said, adding that she and her family have lost a true friend.
Congress district president Deepak Chaudhary told TOI that Priyanka Gandhi will now address the meeting in Mathura’s Palikhera, where over 20,000 people are expected to join the Kisan Mahapanchayat.
On being asked about the aggressive involvement of political parties in farmers’ agitation by organising Kisan Mahapanchayats across West UP, without naming any party, ex-CLP leader Pradeep Mathura said that a few political parties are trying to utilise farmers’ agitation to revive itself in the state.
“Congress is working hard in support of the farmers and it was started from Punjab and continues till date,” he said, adding that his party will continue supporting farmers till they get justice.
Vadra, who handles Uttar Pradesh affairs for the party, has already addressed three farmers’ meetings in Rampur, Saharanpur and Bijnor under the ‘Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan’ campaign. She began her campaign earlier this month from Rampur where she attended a ceremony to pay respects to the farmer who died in violence during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day.