Arvind Pandey, Terai farmers meet Union agri minister; extend support to farm laws
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Arvind Pandey, Terai farmers meet Union agri minister; extend support to farm laws
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Dehradun: Uttarakhand education minister Arvind Pandey met Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. During the meeting, Pandey extended state government’s support to the recently-enacted farm laws. A few Terai farmers, who accompanied Pandey from Uttarakhand, also supported the three farm laws in the meeting. Incidentally, when the farm bills were passed in the parliament in September, 2020, Pandey had taken out a few rallies in support of the laws in his constituency Gadarpur (Udham Singh Nagar). The support to the contentious laws from Pandey’s constituency is being considered vital as Gadarpur falls in the Terai region of Uttarakhand, hailed as the rice bowl of the state. This region has the highest population of farmers in the state. Meanwhile, a large section of Terai farmers in Uttarakhand continue to protest against the three farm laws while demanding their roll back at the earliest.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-12-14
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Dehradun