‘ How can PM say farmers ignorant’

NEW DELHI: The Congress slammed the Prime Minister's arrogance in claiming that the farmers agitating at Delhi borders were ignorant about the farm laws that they want repealed. "We were expecting that the PM would agree to review all three laws with all stakeholders in Parliament for their improvements instead of lampooning the farmers agitating for the past 76 hours," said Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Shaktisinh Gohil, Akhilesh Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda and Nasir Hussain.

Is it possible that the farmers are agitating without knowing what is in the three farm laws as claimed by the PM, they asked. Those leading the agitation are expert farmers who are themselves involed in farming. The Opposition leaders in Parliament also know well about the laws pushed under throat without any debate, they said. They asserted that the essential commodities act is to help the black-marketeers. The second law is to get the farm land on contract basis to the rich while third one is to demolish the Mandi system.