Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the farm laws were not brought overnight, but parties, experts, progressive farmers had long demanded the reforms. “There were demands for the reforms from parties, experts, progressive farmers for many years. The previous governments had made promises to the farmers but never delivered. They are upset because what they had only talked about, Modi has done that,” he said, adding that they don’t have any problem with the reforms but with Modi.
Addressing the farmers in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing at a state-level Kisan Sammelan (farmers’ conference), organised in Raisen district, he said the opposition have always used the farmers for their vote-bank politics. “People should seek replies from political parties who talked about agricultural reforms in their manifestos,” he added.
He also alleged that farmers are being misled by false information on MSP, APMC and farming agreement, reiterating that MSP will remain.
