LUCKNOW: Priyanka Gandhi has said that only the Congress understands the plight of the people in Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka Gandhi said that Yogi Adityanath's election campaigns are full of false claims.

Congress is working hard in Uttar Pradesh. Therefore, Priyanka Gandhi has expressed optimism about the forthcoming elections. Meanwhile, sugarcane farmers in western Uttar Pradesh are protesting just days before the polls. The protests were triggered by the fall in sugarcane prices and the government's failure to meet the huge arrears owed by various sugar mills.

There are about 40 lakh farmers working in sugarcane production sector in Uttar Pradesh. About Rs 2,000 crore is due to farmers from about 150 sugar mills, including those in the co-operative sector. Though the Chief Minister has promised to take action against the mill owners who do not pay the farmers, including confiscation of property, the farmers have not believed it. There has been only a slight increase in the support price of sugarcane in five years. This also leads to peasant protests.