Vibha sharma
Tribune news service
New Delhi, November 30
The confrontation between the Center and protesters persists with Prime Minister Narendra Modi staunchly defending the three agricultural laws on Monday, assuring farmers that his government’s intentions were as “pure as Ganges”, and agricultural unions reiterating that their demands they were “non-negotiable”.
Late in the evening, the Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar invited 32 agricultural unions to dialogue tomorrow at 3 pm in Vigyan Bhawan.
The unions, camped on the Delhi borders, claimed that the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah had called “only some of them.” By demanding that those camped at Nirankari Ground in Burari be allowed to return to the Singhu border, they stressed that they would not change their position on the three “black” farm laws and warned the prime minister to listen if the government would have to ” pay for it dearly. “
In Varanasi, in a public meeting, the prime minister said: “We are seeing a new trend in the country. The protests are based on generating doubts through disinformation. We must remember that those who do it are those who for decades deceived farmers. He also stated that during the first term of his NDA government led by the BJP, harvests of much greater value were obtained than during the UPA-II government led by Congress. The prime minister said that small farmers could now take legal action over deals reached outside the mandi, which would protect them from being misled. “I want to tell (farmers) that our intentions are as pure as the Ganges … Those who have doubts about these laws will see the benefits in the future,” he stressed.
Meanwhile, more protesters have converged on the borders of the national capital, prompting Delhi police to improve security and put up concrete barriers at all points of entry from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The farmers, who had announced on Sunday that they would block five entry points to Delhi in the coming days, said they had come for a decisive battle. Peaceful protests continued for the fifth day at the Singhu and Tikri borders.
‘I cannot weaken our resolve’
Flaying the government for its claim that farmers are being misled, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha leader GS Charuni said: “We want to tell Modi if they (the government) think our resolve will weaken, they are wrong. Let this be a warning. He (PM) should calm the situation as soon as possible or else we will have to take tougher measures. “An angry Balbir S Rajewal from the BKU said:” The prime minister has a forked tongue. He is selling the country to companies. “
Amit Shah assesses the situation
After his meeting with Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at the Delhi residence of BJP chief JP Nadda on Sunday evening, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah spoke met again in Tomar on Monday morning for an assessment of the situation on the ground.
Deluded farmers
Farmers are being misled about these historic farm reform laws by the very people who have misled them for decades. Narendra Modi, PM
