PC: Govt treating farmers as enemies

Criticising the Centre over its stand on the ongoing farmer protest, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the reward to the farm sector for growing at 3.9% in a recession year is to treat the protesting farmers as if they are enemies of the state. "The reward to the farm sector for growing at 3.9% in a recession year is to treat the protesting farmers as if they were enemies of the state," Chidambaram tweeted, alleging the PM can travel from Kerala to Assam but do not have time to travel 20 km to meet farmers.

"The PM travels from Kerala to Assam but does not have the time or inclination to travel 20 km to meet the farmers on the border of Delhi," he alleged. He claimed only 6% of the farmers are able to sell at minimum support price (MSP). "Yet he will claim he has doubled the farmers' income. He will also claim all farmers get MSP when the truth is only 6% of farmers are able to sell at MSP," he added.