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Farmers Stir: Sachin Pilot Hits Out At BJP, Claims Centre Doesn’t Understand Farmers’ Issues

By rejecting the protesting farmers’ demands, the BJP has hurt India’s democracy, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said

23 January 2021
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Farmers Stir: Sachin Pilot Hits Out At BJP, Claims Centre Doesn’t Understand Farmers’ Issues
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Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister and Congress leader Sachin Pilot lashed out at the BJP on Saturday and alleged that the Centre’s failure to resolve the farmers’ issue indicates that the BJP lacks understanding of farmers’ rights.  

The Congress leader said in a tweet, "By rejecting the demands of farmers and suppressing the call of justice, the central government has hurt the dignity of the democratic system of the country."

"The continuous failure of negotiations between the central government and the farmers has revealed BJP's lack of understanding towards farming and the rights of tillers," Pilot added.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at several Delhi border points since November 28, demanding a repeal of the Centre's three recent farm laws and a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.

Enacted in September last year, the three laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country.

However, the protesting farmers have expressed their apprehension and claimed that the new laws would pave way for eliminating the safety cushion of MSP and do away with the "mandi" (wholesale market) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.

With PTI inputs


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