Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot says, ‘Farmers’ genuine demands must be met’
The new farm laws currently have created a big issue in India. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting for this law.
Why the laws have triggered protests:
Three laws were enacted in September to allow agri businesses to freely trade farm produce without restrictions. They permit private traders to stockpile large quantities of essential commodities for future sales and lay down new rules for contract farming.
Farmers say the reforms will make them vulnerable to exploitation by big corporations, erode their bargaining power, and weaken the government’s Minimum Support Price system that offers cultivators assured prices from the government.
They say the laws will help corporate players and will eventually be detrimental to the farm sector, which supports nearly half the country’s population.
Today, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot mentioned on social media that the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi must take the lead in this matter.
He took his official Twitter to handle to attack the Centre Government over the protest by farmers, he wrote, ” Centre’s invitation to farmer unions for talks is a step in the right direction but taken too late. There is growing concern not only in the country but in other countries as well, where a sizable number of Persons of Indian Origin live, regarding protest of farmers in India.”
Centre’s invitation to farmer unions for talks is a step in the right direction but taken too late. There is growing concern not only in the country but in other countries as well, where a sizable number of Persons of Indian Origin live, regarding protest of farmers in India.
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) December 1, 2020
Meanwhile, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today are holding talks with leaders of farmer unions who have been protesting for six consecutive days. Tomar has expressed confidence that a solution will be reached after discussing issues raised by protesting farmers.
