Congressleader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed the government on the agitation by farmers,whom he equated with 'satyagrahis' who will take their rights from thegovernment.
"Thecountry is facing a tragedy like Champaran; then, the British were CompanyBahadur, and now the friends of PM are Company Bahadur," he tweeted inHindi.
"Butthe agitating farmers are 'satyagrahis'; they will take their rights," headded.
Satyagrahadenotes a policy of passive political resistance, especially that advocated byMahatma Gandhi against the British rule in India.
Champaransatyagraha was undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 during the freedommovement, leading the farmers' agitation against forced indigo farming.