By PTI
JAIPUR: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday mentioned the farmers’ motion is just not over but and that they’ll wage a “fierce battle” in opposition to the federal government if it doesn’t convey a legislation on minimal help worth (MSP).
Speaking at a Jat group programme right here, Malik mentioned he can even be part of the motion as soon as he completes his time period as Meghalaya governor.
Malik has focused the federal government a number of occasions within the current previous over farmers’ points.
“The farmers’ movement is not over yet, it was the dharna which ended. If a law on MSP is not made, then the farmers will wage a fierce battle against the country’s government,” Malik mentioned.
He mentioned solely 4 months of his tenure as Meghalaya governor are left and he can even be part of the motion as soon as he completes his time period.
Malik mentioned when the farmers have been protesting in opposition to the farm legal guidelines, he went to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and advised him that atrocities have been being dedicated in opposition to them.
He claimed he recommended to the prime minister that he ought to settle the matter with the farmers however Modi advised him that they’ll finish the dharna on their very own.
“I said that they (farmers) will go only after you (PM) are gone,” he added.
Thousands of farmers, principally from Punjab and Haryana, laid siege at Delhi borders in November 2020 demanding that the Centre withdraw its three contentious farm legal guidelines.
The protest resulted in December 2021 after the federal government withdrew the farm legal guidelines.
Hitting out on the Adani Group, Malik requested Modi how the conglomerate is getting richer at a time when the frequent persons are getting destroyed.
Malik has repeatedly made headlines for his criticism of the Modi authorities.
Last month, he mentioned the federal government hadn’t fulfilled the guarantees it made to farmers in December final yr.
Withdrawal of circumstances lodged in opposition to farmers throughout their agitation in opposition to the farm legal guidelines, authorized assure on MSP and compensation to the households of farmers who died in the course of the course of the protest have been a number of the protesters’ calls for that the federal government had agreed to think about earlier than they ended their dharna.
In January, Malik mentioned when he went to satisfy Modi on the difficulty of farmers, the latter was “arrogant” and he had a battle with the prime minister inside 5 minutes.
