NEW DELHI: As the farmers’ protest continued on Monday the 19th for new group of 10 farmers unions on Monday they extended their support to the Central Government for its decision to undertake the necessary modifications in the three contentious farm laws.
Under the banner of the All India Kisan Coordination Committee (AIKCC), the group of farmers belonging to states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Kerala, Tamil nadu and Telangana expressed their support after a meeting with Union agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in your office here.
The farmers, in a written statement, said that they agreed with the government’s proposal to properly amend the three agricultural laws, which is the center of the stalemate leading to an ongoing protest on the different borders of Delhi since 26th. November.
While thousands of farmers under the leadership of more than 32 agricultural unions are demonstrating over the past 19 days, the AIKCC group called on farmers to support the government’s proposal regarding amendments to the three laws: Trade in Agricultural Products and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) 2020, Farmers’ Agricultural Price Guarantee and Services (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020. Protesting farmers refer to these laws as “laws black “,” draconian “and” anti-farmer “.
Emphasizing the amendments in the three laws, the AIKCC said that “modern infrastructure is necessary in the current agricultural scenario because the current method is not sufficient for the implementation of new laws.”
“Farmers have been following ancient techniques. Therefore, it is necessary to make changes to these laws.”
After the meeting, the agriculture minister tweeted that the group’s leaders agreed that these laws are beneficial to farmers and should not be withdrawn.
Tomar also said farmers accepted that the ongoing protest is politically motivated.
The new group of farmers agreed to the government proposal days after more than a dozen farmers from the Haryana FPO (Agricultural Producers Organization) and the Union Jagruk and Pragatiseel Kisan submitted a signed acceptance of the new laws to Tomar during a meeting with him at the Ministry. earlier.
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