Farmers Movement Archive

‘Cong opposing farm laws to protect interests of its leaders’

Kolhapur: Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Monday alleged that the Congress is opposing farm reform laws to protect the interests of its leaders ruling over agri-produce market committees.Speaking in Kolhapur, Danve said the farm laws will help farmers get more price for their produce due to the opening of the market. The market committees will not be abolished at all, he said.“Congress is opposing the bills, which are now converted into laws, mainly to protect the interests of their leaders. The APMC’s will not be abolished. Congress and NCP leaders are eyeing the market tax collected from farmers. We want the farmers to compete in an open market. The laws will help double the income of the farmers by 2022 as stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Danve.Recently, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said the farm laws will not be implemented in Maharashtra. To which Danve said, “They will have to face the consequences if the laws are denied to the farmers in the state. When Congress was in power, it did not accept the recommendations to double the income of the farmers. The farm laws have the potential to do so. We have pledged to double the income in the law itself,” added Danve.BJP state president Chandrakant Patil said denying the farmers their rights is ‘dadagiri’ by the ministers in state government. “I dare the state government to pass a law to opposing the laws made by the central government,” said Patil.

The Times of India

2020-10-05

Kolhapur