Narendra Modi will address farmers in Madhya Pradesh today.
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“If anyone has any concerns, then with bowed head, folded hands and humbly, we are ready to allay their fears,” said Prime Minister Modi, addressing Madhya Pradesh farmers via video. He also said that talking about MSP or Minimum Support Prices ending with the new laws “is the biggest lie in history.”
Here are the live updates on the farmers’ protests:
Congress promised during the 2018 elections in states like Madhya Pradesh to give up agricultural loans. “What big and strong promises were made before the Madhya Pradesh elections, that if they win, they will cancel all farm loans for every farmer in the state within 10 days. They do nothing but lie and try to use you with promises or playing with your fears, “he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vigorously defended the farm laws at the center of the mass protests by farmers, saying they were discussed for more than two decades by all governments, but that the opposition resented his government because they would not get credit. .
“These laws were not passed overnight. For the past 22 years, all governments and states have debated them in detail. Groups of farmers, agricultural experts, economists, scientists and progressive farmers have called for reforms. The parties that opposing these laws today they promised these reforms in their manifestos, “said Prime Minister Modi, addressing farmers in Madhya Pradesh by video.
“These parties are hurting today. They wonder, what could we not do, how could Modi do? Why should he get credit? My answer is: you keep the credit. Even I will give credit to your own manifestos. No I want credit. I want farmers’ lives to improve. Stop fooling farmers. “
“I want to warn all those who are being misled and instigated in the name of these agricultural laws,” said Prime Minister Modi.
“If everyone has a genuine point they want to discuss, please be those issues and we will discuss. But don’t be fooled by these people who are finding ground by lying to them that they will lose theirs,” he added.
“Even today, they are using you for their own personal gain. They are only using you for politics to find relevance today, as they have lost their political ground,” said the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his speech to Madhya Pradesh farmers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started his speech to farmers in Madhya Pradesh. The speech comes amid a large farmer protest on the Delhi borders.
A “clerical error” by a district administration official caused 50 lakhs to be printed on the notice sent to agricultural leaders in Sambhal, western Uttar Pradesh, a police officer told NDTV, adding that they were sent a revised notice.
“It was a clerical error. We have revised the amount in the notice to ₹ 50,000,” Sambhal SP Chakresh Mishra told NDTV.
The Sambhal Branch Magistrate had sent the notice to agricultural leaders citing a police report that warned that they would “incite” farmers to join the protests against the Center’s new laws. The ad sought an explanation from farmers as to why they should not submit personal vouchers of 50 lakh each. Read
Amid ongoing farmers’ protest against the new farm laws, another farmer grouping FIFA met with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday and extended his support for the legislation.
The Farmers and Farmers Federation of India (FIFA) is the sixth group of farmers to have extended their support for the laws in the past two weeks. The previous groups were from Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.
The Sambhal district administration in Uttar Pradesh has issued notices to six farmer leaders asking them to present personal vouchers of Rs 50,000 each, as a police report warned of the breakdown of peace during the protest against the new agricultural laws, said a official on Thursday.
The six farmers, who received notices, include Bharatiya Kisan Union (Asli) district president Rajpal Singh Yadav, and agricultural leaders Jaiveer Singh, Brahmachari Yadav, Satendra Yadav, Raudas and Veer Singh. They have been organizing protests in the district over the Center’s three controversial farm laws.
Wholesale farmers markets, or mandis, in Madhya Pradesh will remain open, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday, offering guarantees to state farmers who are among those protesting the center’s three controversial farm laws.
Addressing a farmers’ meeting in the Rewa district, the chief minister insisted that the mandis would remain open and that the center’s laws were only intended to help farmers secure better prices for their crops. Read
Satyadev Manjhi, a 60-year-old man from Bihar’s Siwan, arrived in Tikri on the Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday, after completing a nearly 1,000-kilometer journey in 11 days by bicycle to take part in the ongoing farmers’ protest. against farm laws.
Speaking to ANI, Manjhi urged the central government to repeal the three agricultural laws. Read
An eight-page letter from the Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar marked the beginning of the BJP’s big outreach program for protesting farmers on Thursday. The letter was published after a party meeting attended by its key leaders: Union Minister Amit Shah, his cabinet colleagues Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Tomar and the head of the party, JP Nadda.
“Narendra Tomar Ji has expressed his feelings by writing a letter to the farmer brothers and sisters, trying to have a courteous dialogue. I ask all collaborators to read it. Compatriots are also urged to reach as many people as possible , “Tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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