{"id":329630,"date":"2020-12-18T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=329630"},"modified":"2020-12-18T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T11:36:07","slug":"pm-modi-assures-farmers-msp-will-continue-accuses-opposition-of-spreading-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-assures-farmers-msp-will-continue-accuses-opposition-of-spreading-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi assures farmers MSP will continue, accuses opposition of spreading lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329635 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/modi-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/12\/modi-4-1.jpg 514w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/12\/modi-4-1-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/12\/modi-4-1-468x420.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly defended the farm laws that have triggered massive protests in the national capital. He accused the opposition of spreading lies and misguiding the farmers over the new agri laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Prime Minister said, \u201cI request all political parties with folded hands, please keep all the credit. I don\u2019t want it. I am giving credit to all your old election manifestos. I just want ease in the life of farmers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFarm laws have not been introduced overnight. Every government has discussed it extensively for the last 20-22 years,\u201d Modi said while addressing farmers at the &#8216;Kisan Kalyan&#8217; event in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFarmers&#8217; organizations, agricultural experts, agricultural economists, agricultural scientists, progressive farmers of our country have also been continuously demanding improvement in the agriculture sector. In the last 6 years, our government has worked keeping in mind the needs of farmers,\u201d Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi further said, \u201cI assure every farmer of the country that like MSP was given earlier, it will continue to be given, MSP will not be closed, nor will it end.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe work that should have been done 25-30 years ago is happening now,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNot a single market has been closed after the new law. Then why is this lie being spread? The truth is that our government is spending more than Rs 500 crores on modernizing APMC, computerization of them,\u201d the Prime Minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday strongly defended the farm laws that have triggered massive protests in the national capital. He accused the opposition of spreading lies and misguiding the farmers over the new agri laws. The Prime Minister said, \u201cI request all political parties with folded hands, please keep all the credit. 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