In an interview with NDTV, former Cabinet minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal claims that an 'autocratic' government did not hear farmers, and that the anger against the government is growing. Terming the situation in the country as 'mini-dictatorship', the Akali Dal MP stated that the government was stifling the voice of the Opposition. However, she hit out at the Congress too, saying they earlier promised BJP-like farm reforms and that snooping worries Rahul Gandhi more than farm laws.