After Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused opposition parties of insulting farmers through protests over farm laws, on Friday, Congress leader Kapil Sibal mocked him by speaking about the resignation of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “Even his greatest ally of 24 years, SAD, has abandoned him. Is Modiji SAD insulting farmers? Sibal asked on Twitter.
“Farmer agitators feel the opposite. You seem less concerned about their survival! “Sibal also said referring to the prime minister’s comments” those who oppose agricultural laws that insult farmers.
PM Modi launched six mega projects in Uttarakhand om on Tuesday. During the event, Prime Minister Modi launched a strong attack on opposition parties when he said they are protesting “just for the sake of it.”
The comments were related to farmer protests led by opposition parties across the country. On Monday, a group of members of the youth wing of Congress set fire to a tractor in Delhi’s Rajpath in protest against the new farm laws.
Commenting on the incident, Prime Minister Modi said that these parties are “insulting farmers.”
“For years, they said they will implement MSP (Minimum Support Price), but they never did. This was done by our government on the recommendation of the Swaminathan Commission, ”he said.
“These reforms will strengthen the nation’s workers, youth, women and farmers,” he also said.
“Farmers can now sell their products to anyone, anywhere. They do not want farmers to sell their products in an open market, they want intermediaries to make a profit ”, PM Modi also said, adding that“ they oppose the freedom of farmers ”.
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Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are campaigning against agricultural reforms, passed in Parliament at the recently concluded monsoon session. All three bills have become law when President Ram Nath Kovind gave his consent on Monday, despite requests from opposition parties against signing.
The parties have claimed that the bills were approved “unconstitutionally” in “total disregard” of parliamentary norms and are “anti-farmers”.
The three bills are the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020, the Farmers Agreement (Empowerment and Protection) on Price Guarantee and the 2020 Farm Services Bill and the Draft Essential Products (Amendment) Act 2020.
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