New Delhi, May 17 (PTI) Accusing the UPA government of adopting "double standards", a section of farmers protesting in Greater Noida today alleged that the Centre was not taking any steps to defuse the crisis so as to gain political mileage and nothing had changed even after Rahul Gandhi's visit.
"Centre is not taking any immediate step so as to prolong the issue and gain political mileage out of it," Kesari Singh Gujjar, a member of Dehat Morcha which is spearheading the farmers agitation in Bhatta Parsul of Uttar Pradesh, told reporters here.
He alleged that the villagers were facing "more police repression" after Gandhi's visit to Bhatta Parsaul, the epicentre of the recent protests in Uttar Pradesh where farmers were demanding enhanced compensation for land acquired for UP Expressway project.
"Rahul Gandhi has come and stayed there for a day.
After that nothing happened. The torture has increased.