Updated On: 06 December, 2020 07:18 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The Champaran protest arose from the British measure of forcing farmers to plant indigo, which was opposed by farmers and Mahatma Gandhi led the protest

Farmers' protest in New Delhi. File Photo
The Congress on Sunday compared the ongoing farmers' agitation with the agitation in Bihar's Champaran in 1917, as it asserted that it was committed to support the farmers to the hilt.
"One thing is constant: whenever draconian laws attempt to subvert our annadata's interests, the entire nation and the Congress party stand unwavered and united for farmers' welfare," the party said.