Mr. Kumaraswamy has sought a “decisive meeting” to end the farmers’ struggle.
New Delhi:
Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today struck a delicate balancing act on the current agitation by farmers against the new agricultural laws: on the one hand, he called on the Narendra Modi government to “protect India’s international reputation” solving the problem asap. However, the secular leader of Janata Dal also asked protesters to consider Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s suggestion to test the new laws for a year.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other states have been protesting along the Delhi border against new agricultural laws passed by the central government in September, which they fear will dismantle the minimum price support system and leave them “at the mercy “of the big companies. . Several rounds of talks between their leaders and the government and the multiple assurances of the Prime Minister himself have failed to move them.
On Saturday, Kumaraswamy said the protest has started to “attract the attention not only of the country, but of the whole world” and has created the impression that “some problems are brewing in India.”
The ongoing farmers’ protest on the outskirts of Delhi against three agricultural laws of the Center has started to attract attention not only from the country, but from the entire world. Immediately following the concern expressed by the Canadian Prime Minister, MPs from ..
– HD Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) December 26, 2020
“It is my sincere wish that India’s international reputation and image will not be undermined by new agricultural laws or protests against it. The Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi must realize that the reputation and the name earned for himself after becoming prime minister may be tainted by such protests, “he said in a series of tweets.
In these circumstances, he sought a “decisive encounter” to put an end to the peasants’ struggle. “This is inevitable in the interests of protecting the dignity of the country,” he wrote.
The former chief minister reminded farmers protesting his view that Indian agriculture was caught in a “vicious circle.” “It is very necessary on our part to be prepared for any experiment if it can bring welfare to the agricultural sector by rescuing it from the vicious cycle,” he wrote.
“(Rajnath Singh) has called on farmers to allow an ‘experimental’ implementation of the new agricultural laws. He has also assured farmers that they will withdraw the laws,” wrote Mr. Kumaraswamy, calling on farmers to ” have an open mind. “
His tweets come days after he erased rumors about his party, the JDS, merging with the BJP in Karnataka. The JDS had recently helped the BJP pass a controversial farm bill in the Karnataka upper house.
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