Farmers Movement Archive

RLD chief urges PM to end impasse on farm laws

In a fervent appeal to the Prime Minister to end the deadlock on the farm laws, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary said on Thursday that “policy measures can be termed as reforms only if they satisfy the larger social good”. “It pains the nation that even after your statement, the government appears to have further withdrawn from engaging with the farmer organisations even as the farmers are waiting at Delhi’s borders,” Mr. Chaudhary said in a letter to the Prime Minister, written on the eve of the completion of six months of farmers’ protests against the farm laws. Referring to the Agriculture Minister’s statements suggesting that a rollback of laws was not possible, Mr. Chaudhary said he could understand that there was a fear in government circles that backtracking on these laws could become a precedent. “However, in the face of public sentiment, a sensitive government would not shy away from taking a step back in order to move forward.” “It is not clear to the farmers how these laws improve their market position or pricing power,” he said. He contended that the farmers’ agitation had a negative economic impact, but the failure to resolve the key issues had also hurt the pride of the nation’s agriculturists. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Thursday that “the farmers would find their remedy in Parliament and the government would be treated in villages”.

The Hindu

2021-06-25

Ghaziabad