Rahul learnt more from farmers than LS

Interacting with farmers at Devaka village, Gandhi said: "When we sit in Delhi or Lucknow, we don`t get to know ground realities. I have not learnt as much in Lok Sabha as I learnt from you."

Gandhi`s padyatra will culminate in a maha-panchayat at Aligarh on Saturday adter four days.

Nearly two months after he was whisked away by Uttar Pradesh police officials for joining a farmers` protest, Gandhi has dared the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) regime again by undertaking a four-day march to a Congress-organised kisan maha panchayat in Aligarh to get a feel of the heartland`s simmering land problems.

The Congress had planned the kisan mahapanchayat at Bhatta- Parsaul, where two villagers had died in police firing, but was forced to shift the venue to Aligarh`s exhibition grounds following pressure from the state government.

On Thursday, he began his padyatra from Sarole village in the District at 6.30 a.m. and walked about 7 km to reach Kirpalpur. He spent the night at a farmer`s place in Maror-Garhi village.

On Wednesday, Gandhi resumed his yatra at 6:30am By 7pm, he had covered five villages. In the afternoon he rested at a farmer`s home. Then, it was back to the road.

On Tuesday at 6.15 a.m., Gandhi, accompanied by just three SPG, reached Bhatta village, the epicentre of farmers` protest against land acquisition, in his vehicle.

He met villagers briefly at the same dharna spot where he had earlier held a panchayat on May 11.

From there, he proceeded on foot through villages of Parsaul, Acchepur, Mirzapur, Kheda Waipur and also stopped briefly at Rustampur.