Opposition insulting farmers by burning farm equipment: Narendra Modi

In the wake of protests by farmers and various opposition parties against three new agriculturerelated laws Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that those burning farm equipment to show their anger were insulting farmersThe opposition was insulting farmers by their action of setting fire to machinery and equipment that were worshipped by agriculturists the Prime Minister said while inaugurating six projects under the Namami Gange project to treat sewage in UttarakhandIn the wake of protests by farmers and various opposition parties against three new agriculturerelated laws Prime Minister NarendraModi narendramodi said on Tuesday that those burning farm equipment to show their anger were insulting farmersFarmersProtest pictwittercomqUym4zmlRImdash IANS Tweets ians_india September 29 2020His remarks came a day after a group of Indian Youth Congress workers set a tractor on fire in DelhiTaking a dig at the opposition Modi alleged that those now opposing the new farm laws spoke in favour of implementing the Minimum Support Price MSP when in power but never did soIt has been done by our NDA government as per the MS Swaminathan Commission recommendations the Prime Minister saidHe accused the opposition without naming anyone of misleading the farmers over the MSP issue and reiterated that the MSP would remain even as the farmers would get the freedom to sell their produce anywhere they wished toSome persons are unable to tolerate this freedom of farmers One more way for them to earn black money has ended Modi remarkedModi again sought to allay the fear over the new laws on farming sector and labour reformsMany reforms related to farmers labourers and health were brought during Parliaments Monsoon Session All these reforms will only strengthen the labourers youths women and farmers The country is also witnessing how some people are opposing these just for the sake of opposingParliament had passed The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Promotion and Facilitation Bill 2020 The Farmers Empowerment and Protection Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill 2020 and Essential Commodities Amendment Bill After President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to these the government issued a gazette notification on these on SundayThe Prime Minister also took a swipe at the earlier governments for not doing enough to clean the Ganga riverIn the past decades big initiatives were taken up to clean the river But those initiatives lacked public participation or farsightedness As a consequence the river was never cleanedKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever