“Efforts are being made to create an atmosphere of fear among the farmers by spreading fake news, which the farmers will not tolerate and will also give a befitting reply (to),” it said.
Reiterating its demands of repealing the agricultural laws and enacting a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP), the union appealed to the protesting farmers to continue with their “peaceful strike” and requested more farmers to reach Delhi borders as soon they get done with their harvesting and procurement work.
The Centre says the new farm laws will free farmers from middlemen, giving them more options to sell their crops.
The protesting farmers, however, say the laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of MSP and do away with the ”mandi” (wholesale market) system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.