By IANS,
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with a delegation of farmers from Bhatta Parsaul village in Greater Noida, Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the controversial land acquisition and alleged atrocities committed by the Uttar Pradesh government.
“The farmers wanted to meet the prime minister and I facilitated it. People are being killed, women raped, I am quite concerned about the situation and it is still pretty bad,” Gandhi told reporters outside the Prime Minister’s Residence at 7 Race Course Road here.
The congress general secretary said that the prime minister gave them a “patient hearing”.
Four people, including two policemen, were killed May 7 when villagers clashed with policemen for greater compensation for their lands acquired by the Uttar Pradesh government for development projects.