Prime Minister Narendra Modi said changes are needed in the agricultural sector to move forward into the 21st century.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that the proposed farm laws at the center of a massive controversy are “historic and necessary” for the country to move forward. In an attack on the opposition, he also indicated that they are the architects of the controversy, instigating the peasants with lies because “they feel that they are out of control.”
In a video aimed at the people of Bihar in a program to lay the groundwork for nine road projects, Prime Minister Modi said that farmers in several states have been reaping rewards from the new system after agricultural ordinances were issued in June. .
The government, he said, is receiving reports on the “many benefits.” In Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, where farmers had a good harvest of pulses, they made 15-25% more income this year compared to the previous year.
“After these historic changes in the agricultural sector, after such a big change in the system, some people saw that it got out of hand. So now these people are trying to mislead farmers about the minimum price support. (MSP), “he said. citing one of the biggest concerns of farmers.
“These are the same people who sat for years under the Swaminathan Committee’s recommendations on MSP,” Prime Minister Modi added in a dig in Congress. The eight-member national commission was created in 2004 to provide solutions for the agricultural sector after the UPA came to power in the Center.
In recent weeks, criticism of the government has accumulated for its important agricultural sector bills. As farmers launched protests in various states, including Punjab and Haryana, Congress and other opposition parties highlighted their concerns. Last week, BJP ally Akali Dal, who initially supported the farm laws, resigned from the government, claiming that the problems they raised have not been heard.
Yesterday, two of the three bills were passed by Rajya Sabha amid an uproar, with the opposition claiming that the rules were broken to favor the government. The MPS opponent also filed a motion of no confidence against Rajya Sabha’s vice president, which was rejected today.
Eight members of the opposition, including Derek O’Brien from the Trinamool Congress, have been suspended, but are refusing to leave the House.
“This doesn’t end here,” Derek O’Brien had said Sunday, calling it a “murder of democracy.” “They cheated. They broke all the rules of Parliament. It was a historic day. In the worst sense of the word. They cut the broadcast of RSTV so that the country could not see. They censored RSTV. Do not spread propaganda. We have evidence,” it said your tweet.
“Muting Of Democratic India” continues: initially silencing and later suspending MPs in Parliament and turning a blind eye to farmers’ concerns about black farming laws. The unending arrogance of this “omniscient” government has brought economic disaster for the entire country, “Rahul Gandhi of Congress tweeted today.
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