Furious Amethi farmers ask Rahul Gandhi to 'return to Italy'

Amethi, Jan 24 Farmers in Congress President Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency Amethi shouted slogans against him on Wednesday demanding that it is possible that they are given business or the land that was given to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation should be returned to them.

One of the protesters at Gauriganj town in Amethi area told ANI: "We are very upset with Rahul Gandhi. He should go back to Italy. He doesn't have the right to be here. Rahul has grabbed our land."

The Congress chief confronted the anger of irate farmers during his visit to Amethi for campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

It is to be noted that Samrat Cycle factory was inaugurated by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi when he was the Lok Sabha MP from Amethi.

Over 65.57 acres of land was acquired by Jain siblings in the 1980s in the industrial area of Kausar to run a company but the company failed to do good business and then a land auction took place in 2014.

The UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) records demonstrate that 65.57 sections of land of land was rented to the company in 1986 yet it was auctioned by the Debts Recovery Tribunal in 2014 at Rs. 20.10 crore after the closure of the company to recover the loan.

The land purchased in the auction was paid by the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust for stamp obligation of Rs. 1,50,000. Be that as it may, the UPSIDC at that point pronounced the land closeout process as invalid after which a Gauriganj SDM Court requested the arrival of the place where there is the Samrat Cycle Factory to UPSIDC. on papers, the land is with UPSIDC yet is as yet possessed by the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust.

Prior, Union Minister Smriti Irani had also blamed the Congress of grabbing the land of farmers through the foundation.