The chief minister slammed the central government for adopting 'reprehensible and oppressive tactics to undermine the peacefully protesting farmers' fighting spirit'.
Takait also stressed that the discussions between representatives of farmers and the government should be televised for greater transparency and wider reach among people.
Farmers' Protest: Union minister Nitin Gadkari says the Narendra Modi government won’t do anything to hurt farmer interests and fears that the new farm laws would sabotage contract farming, land ownership, and the minimum support price (MSP) for farm produce are unfounded.
What explains Kumaraswamy’s curious warmth towards BSY? Maybe tactics, but he risked even his party’s pro-ryot image for it, before making amends with the cow slaughter bill.
Shelving the enforcement of the new farm laws, until amendments are decided upon, is the way forward to end the deadlock created due to farmers' protest.
The Centre underestimated farmers’ grievances and is unwilling to climb down and lose face. Its only hope is a chink in the impregnable phalanx of the protestors.
NH44…London, Sydney, California. The farm protests of 2020 are far more inclusive, pan-India, even global—than those of the 1940s and ’80s. Only constant: the State’s betrayal.
Justin Trudeau’s comments in favour of farmers’ protests angers India. It’s another instance of the Canadian PM privileging domestic politics over better ties with India.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla says the Constitution of India is the backbone of nation's parliamentary democracy and no government can tamper with its core values