India's enigmatic Gandhi fires up opposition at farmers rally


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  • Sunday, 19 Apr 2015

India's Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi gestures during an address at a farmers' rally at Ramlila ground in New Delhi April 19, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Rahul Gandhi led a large farmers rally on Sunday that focussed rural anger toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies, in the first public appearance in months for the elusive scion of the country's most famous political family.

In what seemed like a stage-managed appearance, the opposition leader spoke to thousands of villagers brought to New Delhi on special trains and buses, vowing to block Modi's plan to make it easier for business to forcibly acquire farm land.

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