Rajyasabha-PM Modi asks farmers to end protests
Published On: Monday, February 8, 2021 | By: Team KnowMyStock
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (8th February 2021) slammed those calling agitating Sikh farmers names, saying it won't do the country any good as he went on to appeal to the protesting farmers to withdraw they are over two-month-long stir and give the new agriculture reform laws a chance. He also slammed the politics over the farm laws, saying opposition parties were mum over the reasons for the agitation. Punning on the term FDI, which stands for Foreign Direct Investment, Modi said a new thing of FDI has emerged in India, which he said was Foreign Destructive Ideology."We need to be more aware to save the country from such an ideology," he said while replying to a discussion in Rajya Sabha on a motion thanking the President for his address to the joint sitting of Parliament at the start of the Budget session. He also slammed the mushrooming of a new breed of 'Andolan-jivi' - professional protestors-who can be seen at every agitation.
In an oblique reference to agitating Sikhs being called 'Khalistani' terrorists and other names, the Prime Minister said the nation was proud of every Sikh.
Modi vehemently denied that the laws will end MSP or the mandi system of crop procurement.He also criticised the opposition for not listing out the reasons that prompted the stir against the farm laws.These laws, he said, addressed the root cause of the agrarian problem and are aimed at helping small farmers.The prime minister asked the farmers to end the agitation saying the government is ready for talks."Give these reforms a chance," he said.
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