Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, 30 November, said that the new farm laws will empower farmers and give them legal protection and blamed the Opposition for rumour-mongering and misleading the farmers.
The prime minister’s comments come as thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana have reached the national capital to protest against the government’s new farm laws.
“The new farm laws don’t stop anyone who wishes to sell produce according to the old system. Earlier, any sale outside a mandi was considered illegal and small farmers were cheated as they were not able to reach the mandis. The farmers now are protected by law against cheating and fraud,” he said, as quoted by ANI.
PM Modi further blamed the previous governments for allegedly not fulfilling the promises made to the farmers.
He said that his government fulfilled the promise of giving 1.5 times more MSP to farmers as per Swaminathan Commission not only on paper, but the amount also reached the bank accounts of the farmers.
“Earlier, loan waiver packages used to be announced but the benefits of such schemes never used to reach the farmers,” he said.
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