When Smriti Irani took on Rahul Gandhi over his claims about how the farmer protests would spread across India.
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00:00It will go from farmers to labourers, to cities, to slums, it will spread.
00:05I don't know how Rahul Gandhi is preparing to spread violence.
00:13But yes, what is his mind, what is his intention?
00:18Today he himself has made it clear in his press conference.
00:31These three laws, farmers are standing outside Delhi.
00:36And instead of talking to them, instead of resolving the situation,
00:42the government is threatening them, beating them, using NIA, trying to discredit them.
00:52What is shocking yet, but expected of Mr. Gandhi,
00:57is that over 300 police personnel of the Delhi Police,
01:02who were badly injured, did not receive one word of support or consolation from Mr. Gandhi.
01:28But they should not feel that the farmers will step back.
01:34And I want to tell the farmers, we are all with you,
01:38don't step back an inch, don't step back an inch, this is your future, fight for it.
01:57This is the voice of the country.
02:08The Prime Minister will have to listen.
02:11I have a lot of experience, 15 years of experience in politics,
02:14you will not be able to suppress it.
02:16It will go from farmers to labourers, to cities, to slums, it will spread.
02:27Mr. Gandhi gave a clarion call for violence across various cities,
02:33so much so that he included slums where the poor of our country live.
02:38The government must not think that the farmers are going to go home,
02:43they are not going to go home.
02:45And my concern is that this situation is going to spread.
02:56We do not need this situation to spread, we need a conversation with the farmers,
03:00and we need a solution.
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