Rahul Gandhi drives tractor to Parliament to protest farm laws

Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas along with a number of party leaders were detained by police outside Parliament

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday drove a tractor to Parliament along with other party MPs demanding that the three controversial farm laws be repealed, as the farmers' protest entered the eighth month today.

Congress MPs Pratap Singh Bajwa, Ravneet Singh Bittu and Deepinder Singh Hooda among others carried banners and raised slogans accompanying Rahul.

"If you force you to sell the land, then the tractor will run in Parliament -- we will grow the crops of truth! Withdraw the anti-agriculture law. #FarmersProtest," Rahul tweeted after the protest.

Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas among others were detained by Delhi Police outside Parliament and taken to Mandir Marg police station.

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"These laws are aimed at helping only two-three industrialists. The entire country knows for whom these laws have been brought. These laws are not for the benefit of farmers and that is why they have to be withdrawn," Gandhi told reporters outside Parliament.

Surjewala said the Congress leaders will not be cowed down by actions taken on them by police.

"This struggle will continue under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and we will not allow the Modi government to hand over the rights of 62 crore farmers to three-four industrialists," Surjewala said.