MASSIVE: PM Modi to address farmers in M.P amid ongoing protests against agri reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address farmers of Madhya Pradesh at 2 pm via video conference on Friday. PM Modi's address will be telecast in around 23,000 vills, according to official sources. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with his or ministers, will also participate in event from Raisen district, y said. 

PM Modi's address will focus on a relief pack of Rs 1,600 crore to be credited directly to 35 lakh farmers hit by dam to ir crop. CM Shivraj Chouhan has directed officials to ensure that maximum number of farmers participate in event, sources said. address assumes a larger significance given farmer protests going on in Delhi at moment, which has come to involve farmers of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, as well as some or states.

PM Modi reaches out to farmers

Amid farmers' protesting against Centre's farm laws, PM Modi has been very vocal in defending laws and asserting that y beneficial for m. Earlier this week, in Gujarat, PM Modi described new farm laws as historic and said his government was ready to remove any doubts about legislations enacted in September. Without taking names, PM Modi, on a day-long visit to Gujarat on Tuesday, said Opposition parties who are supporting protest, when in power, were in favour of similar reforms in agriculture sector

To buttress his point, PM Modi gave example of two sectors in Gujarat, his home state, which flourished without government intervention. He said dairy and fisheries sectors in state grew exponentially without much intervention of state government as business is mainly handled by co-operative sector leaders and farmers.

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"In or parts of country too, milk producers and co-operative sector have created a successful supply chain. Similarly, governments do t have any significant control on trade of fruits and vegetables. I am giving se examples because a conspiracy is afoot to confuse farmers who have gared near Delhi at present," said Prime Minister. He also accused opposition of using "farmers shoulders to fire ir guns."

SC to set up panel to resolve impasse

Meanwhile, Supreme Court on Thursday ackwledged right of farmers to n-violent protests and said it was thinking of setting up an "impartial and independent" panel of agriculture experts and farmer unions to resolve impasse over three contentious farm laws. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it would set up committee which may include experts like P Sainath and representatives of government and farmers' bodies to look for resolution of deadlock over statutes. top court is hearing a clutch of petitions seeking removal of farmers protesting at several roads along Delhi's borders.

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