Those protesting against the new agricultural laws are agents, not farmers, claims TN CM


He also attacked DMK Chairman MK Stalin for organizing protests and demanding a repeal of the laws.

Tamil Nadu’s chief minister, Edappadi K Palaniswami, alleged on Wednesday that it was “agents” and not “farmers” who were protesting at the New Delhi borders demanding the repeal of the three controversial agricultural laws passed by the Union government. EPS spoke at an event in the state as the agitation against the new farm laws entered its 21st day.

“Are farmers in Tamil Nadu affected by the three new agricultural laws? Farmers elsewhere, and the agents who are actually there, are being backed by political parties here, demanding the repeal of the laws,” he alleged, criticizing to DMK. [resident MK Stalin, who has led protests across the state and demanded the repeal of the three laws.

“People are being brought to the protests, at least as far as Tamil Nadu farmers are concerned. In those areas (Punjab and Haryana), sale of crops can only take place with agents. It is those agents who are protesting, and it is those agents who political parties here are backing. They are not farmers,” EPS alleged.

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Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting on the Delhi-Haryana Singhu and Tikri border and on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur border for the past 21 days.

Meanwhile, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a coordinating organization that is part of the agitation, said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court proposal calling on the government to form a committee and include representatives from both the government For the Union as well as for the farmers’ unions, it is a “moral victory” for the agitating farmers, adding that the agitation will continue until the three farm laws are repealed.

The AIKSCC’s reaction came after the high court on Wednesday ordered a joint hearing of the Union government and farmers’ unions in an attempt to end the impasse and proposed forming a committee that included representatives from both the government and farmers. of farmers’ unions. to arrive at an acceptable solution.

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