“We are currently going through this process,” Tomar said in a clear signal to protesting farmers that the government will not back down on the three laws that will give them the freedom to sell their products outside of regulated ‘mandis’ and they will encourage you to buy contract farming safely.
The minister’s remarks came during his interaction with members of the South Asian Foreign Correspondents Club on the subject of farm laws and the ongoing turmoil that entered the 27th on Tuesday. The interaction was part of an approach to inform the media about the government’s point of view.
In response to a question about the farmers’ outburst against two corporate companies (Adani and Ambani), as they believe that the farm laws will only benefit them, Tomar said that he would not consider those people as farmers who start or end discussions by taking the names of these corporate companies.
Noting that taking names of these corporate houses in any discussion was only intended to divert attention from the real issues, the minister said that farmers’ representatives should ideally stick to the issues that were being discussed with the government.
Calling on farmers’ unions to come for a dialogue, Tomar said the answer to any “andolan” (movement) in history was not “andolan.” “Solutions can only be found through discussion and I am sure I will come to solutions through discussions in the coming days, ”he said, adding that he was hurt by the plight of farmers in this cold and pandemic situation.
During the interaction, Tomar explained how these agricultural laws were the “biggest agricultural reforms in the country so far. He said: “The reforms will provide farmers with market freedom and access to technology, and will foster the entrepreneurship that will transform agriculture.” On the farmers’ demand for a legal guarantee for the acquisition at a minimum support price (MSP), the minister said. MSP it was an administrative decision would continue.
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