Published 12:20 IST, December 4th 2020

Ranvir Shorey shares middlemen role in farmer protests, answers 'Kangana or Diljit' query

Ranvir Shorey ventured into the controversy over the farmer protests against agrarian bills. He hinted at the role of middlemen in the difference of opinion.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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Ranvir Shorey ventured into controversy surrounding ongoing farmer protests against agrarian bills. actor seemed to hint at role played by middlemen in difference of opinion in current row. He claimed that it was a matter of 'survival' for middlemen, thus y were creating differences.  

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Ranvir Shorey on farm laws

Ranvir Shorey took to Twitter and wrote that middlemen 'thrived' on differences between people, and were even capable of 'creating differences' when it was about ir survival. Sacred Games star used hashtag 'farm laws' to hint at his reference.  

Netizens were impressed with his statement and termed it 'perfectly put' and 'hit nail.' 

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Earlier, Union minister Jitendra Singh h stressed that new farm laws benefitted farmers, as y could directly sell without involvement of middlemen. Previously, Bharatiya Janata Party Working President JP Nda h also claimed that it was middlemen and t farmers who were expressing ir displeasure and t farmers.  

Meanwhile, Ranvir Shorey also laughed it off when a netizen asked him if he was in favour of Kangana Ranaut or Diljit Dosanjh, as y disagreed over farm laws. 

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duo h been involved in a war of words after Diljit Dosanjh expressed his displeasure on Kangana Ranaut's tweet, mistakenly claiming that Mohinder Kaur, who was present in farmer protests, was same as Shaheen Bagh face Bilkis Ba, and that she 'was available for Rs 100' to participate in protests. As Kangana n called Diljit a sycophant to get work, ir row escalated furr with Diljit losing his cool and reacting strongly in multiple tweets in Punjabi.

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Meanwhile, standoff between farmers and Government failed to reach a resolution, as 'Delhi Chalo' protest entered ninth day. second meeting in recent days on Thursday between Government and agitating farmer unions did t yield a consensus as latter refused to budge on ir demands. Farmers have expressed ir apprehension regarding Minimum Support Price, fearing that y will be left at mercy of big corporates.   next set of discussions are scheduled to take place on December 5.         

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12:20 IST, December 4th 2020