Praise for farmers, assaults on Oppn: PM to this point on new agriculture legal guidelines

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the talk on the movement of thanks on the President’s Address in Rajya Sabha on Monday. This will probably be his first tackle to Parliament after the farmers’ protest erupted and reached the gates of the nationwide capital.
But he has spoken in regards to the three farm legal guidelines handed by his authorities and the agitation on many events outdoors Parliament. Here’s what he has mentioned.
On August 9, whereas launching a central financing scheme below the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, the Prime Minister spoke in regards to the legal guidelines for the primary time. He mentioned that by means of the legal guidelines, the “farmer is freed from the purview of the market and market tax”. And “another new law has been framed, under which the farmer can now have a direct partnership with the industries”.

Referring to the amendments within the Essential Commodities Act, he had mentioned “this law was the major reason why good warehouses could not be built in the villages and the agro-based industries were not getting encouraged. This law was being frequently misused… Now the agriculture business has also been freed from this fear mechanism. Now the traders and businesses can come forward to build storages and make other arrangements in the villages.”
In his Independence Day tackle, Modi mentioned: “Who could have imagined that so many changes would be made in the APMC Act for the welfare of farmers? Who could have thought that the farmers who were living under the Damocles’ sword of the Essential Commodities Act, would be freed of it after so many years?”On September 18, a day after the Bills have been handed in Lok Sabha regardless of protests, and the Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the cabinet, Modi mentioned “some people who ruled the country for decades, are trying to create confusion, and are lying to the farmers”. He additionally accused the opposition of “supporting the middlemen who loot the farmer’s income”.
Addressing a BJP occasion on September 25, he mentioned the legal guidelines will profit and empower farmers and accused the opposition of spreading rumours.
On September 27, in his month-to-month Mann Ki Baat radio tackle, the Prime Minister mentioned “the agricultural sector of the country, our farmers, our villages are the very basis of Atmanirbhar Bharat… In the recent past, these areas have liberated themselves from many restrictions and tried to break free from many myths.”
On November 30, he mentioned: “The farmers are not to be blamed, but I want to tell the countrymen, my farmer brothers and sisters that work is being done with intentions as pure as Gangajal.”
On December 12, whereas addressing the 93rd annual normal assembly of FICCI, he mentioned “walls” within the “agriculture sector and allied sectors like agriculture infrastructure, food processing, storage or cold chains” are being “dismantled and all obstacles removed”.
On December 15, after laying the muse stone of improvement initiatives in Kutch, he mentioned “the demand for the recent agricultural reforms was being made for several years… Those in the opposition who are misguiding farmers were in favour of these agricultural reforms when they were in power.”
On December 18, whereas addressing a kisan sammelan in Madhya Pradesh, he mentioned “political games are being played by spreading and weaving a web of confusion and lies. Attacks are being mounted from the shoulders of the farmers…”

On December 25, Modi mentioned: “We are closely watching a very mean example of politics of selfishness. The parties which do not speak on the harms of the farmers in West Bengal are here to harass the citizens of Delhi… You may have heard these parties which are shouting about mandis and are talking about APMC… They have their government in Kerala…Kerala does not have APMC and mandis…”
On December 28, after flagging off the one hundredth Kisan Rail, he declared “we will continue to walk on the path of empowering Indian agriculture and the farmer with all sincerity and with full force”.
On January 30, days after the Red Fort was stormed, the Prime Minister spoke about reconciliation. At an all-party assembly, he assured that “the government is approaching the issue of farm laws with an open mind”. The provide to maintain the implementation of the farm legal guidelines on maintain for 18 months “still stands”, and “the Agriculture Minister is just a phone call away for taking forward the talks.”
But on January 31, in his Mann ki Baat tackle, the PM mentioned the nation was “saddened by the insult to the Tricolour on the 26th of January in Delhi”.