Delhi: As farmers and opposition leaders continue nationwide protests against the newly enacted farm laws, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is set to interact with the crop growers at 10am. The grand old party interim president has asked all Congress-ruled states to pass laws that would negate the "draconian and anti-farmer" legislations of the Centre, against which several farmers under the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee have been observing 'rail roko' agitation. The protesters have been squatting on rail tracks since September 24 in Punjab's Jalandhar, Amritsar, Tanda, Mukerian and Ferozepur.
Large-scale protests on Monday were also held in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Gujarat, Goa, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, where the DMK and its allies, including the Congress, hit the streets. The Congress' youth wing activists on Monday morning set a tractor ablaze near India Gate. The grand old party has also planned to observe October 2 as 'Kisan-Majdoor Bachao Diwas' and hold dharnas across India. DMK chief M K Stalin said his party was ready to challenge the new laws in court.