‘BJP netas who speak for farmers must protest farm laws’
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‘BJP netas who speak for farmers must protest farm laws’
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Bhopal: A day after state Congress president Kamal Nath announced he will hit the ground and start an awareness crusade on the Centre’s agricultural laws, Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Friday appealed to BJP leaders who “speak in favour of farmers” to follow the example of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Prakash Singh Badal who left the NDA alliance in support of farmers’ protest.Digvijaya Singh was speaking for the “Kisan ke liye Bole Bharat” social media campaign on Friday. The former chief minister said, “The three anti-farmer laws brought by the Modi government has only one motive. And that is to give entry to the ultra-rich to our Rs15 to Rs18 lakh crore worth of Indian agricultural commodity market. One should see the laws from this angle.”He demanded that law should be passed to make purchase of agricultural produce below minimum support price (MSP) a crime. “Make provision for MSP in law and if anyone does not pay MSP then it should be a criminal offence. I hope the Modi government will accept the demands. I appeal to those in the BJP who have been speaking on behalf of farmers to follow what Prakash Singh Badal and other alliance parties of the NDA have done. They have stepped outside the alliance to protest against the laws,” he said.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-09
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Bhopal