DW BUREAU / New Delhi Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said if the government was ready to withdraw the farm laws, his party would help it in bringing about reforms in the agriculture sector. "If you are ready to withdraw the law for two years, then why not repeal it. Why not bring it back after consulting the farmers. We will help you. We also agree that the agriculture needs reform. Accept your mistake that you forcibly imposed this law. We need a resolution," he told a news conference. Gandhi had earlier led a protest of the Congress lawmakers in the Parliament House complex, demanding repeal of the three farm laws. Prior to that, as many as 18 opposition parties boycotted President Ram Nath Kevin's address to the joint sitting of Parliament, a customary practice to commence the budget session. Gandhi also asked who let the protestors inside the Red Fort. "Who let the protestors inside the Red Fort and why. Isn't the Home Ministry responsible for protecting the Red Fort," he said. "Ask Home Minister Amit Shah what was the reason for letting them in. The person who has allowed this to happen should resign, but there is no way he will resign. The whole idea is to discredit the farmers." Gandhi said the country's farmers have not yet understood the depth of these laws. "If they do, then this agitation will not end here. It will spread from villages to cities. For the benefit of five people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken away jobs from our youth," he added. "We all should understand the three farm laws. The first law destroys the mandi system, the second law allows unlimited storage of grains and other material and will make it impossible to negotiate prices and the third one says that if the farmers have grievances they can't go to court," Gandhi added. Charging the government with destroying the livelihoods of the farmers, he said that it is obvious why the farmers are agitating. "The laws are going to give the middle class a shock because the prices of food are going to go up. What is being done to the farmers is absolutely criminal as they are being beaten up, threatened and discredited by the government." Gandhi reiterated that the farm laws will benefit only selected people. "As I said in Kerala, the farm laws are the biggest transfer of wealth from the largest number of people to a select few. You have seen what happened in Covid-19, the poor got poorer and a handful of rich people have become richer," the former Congress chief claimed. (editor@dailyworld.in)