Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in Dev Deepawali Mahotsav in Varanasi on Monday (November 30).
Addressing the event, the Prime Minister said when development works started for Kashi, the protesters protested for the sake of it. He said “when Kashi had decided that Vishwanath Corridor would be built till Baba’s Darbar, the protesters had criticized that too, but today the glory of Kashi is being revived by the grace of Baba.”
Taking the opportunity, PM Modi tore into the opposition over the protests against the new farm laws. He said categorically that the opposition is spreading rumours and misleading the farmers.
“After a lot of deliberation, the Indian Parliament gave agricultural reforms a legal recognition. These reforms have not only served to unshackle our farmers but also have given them new rights and opportunities. In just a short span of time, these new rights have begun to address the sufferings of our farmers,” PM Modi said.
“There’s a new trend now, earlier decisions of the government were opposed, now rumours have become the basis for opposition. Propaganda is spread that although a decision is fine, it can lead to other consequences, about things that haven’t happened or will never happen. Same is with farm laws,” PM Modi added.
PM Modi said that his government understands the apprehensions of farmers that decades of falsehood had put in the minds their minds adding that his government does not work with the intention of deceiving.
“I know that decades of falsehood do put apprehensions in the minds of farmers, I want to say this from the bank of Mother Ganga – we are not working with the intention of deceiving. Our intentions are as holy as the water of river Ganga”, he assured.
Recently, the newly enacted farm laws came in handy for a farmer in Maharashtra that helped him get his dues settled. A maize grower from Maharashtra named Jitendra Bhoi used the provisions under the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 suing two traders who did not pay him within the stipulated three days payment window as mandated and received the whole amount from them worth ₹2,85,000