“This government is trying to destroy farmers. You can topple such a government,” Sharad Pawar mentioned.Mumbai: “Is Punjab Pakistan?” NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan exactly where they had gathered today in help of their comrades camped in protest in and about Delhi. Hailing them for obtaining come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with these gearing up for a huge tractor ally in the national capital, the senior leader condemned the Union government’s view of these agitating.”We have seen for the past 60 days, without bothering about the cold, the sun, or rain, the farmers from UP, Haryana, and Punjab have been protesting. They (Centre) say these are Punjab farmers. Is Punjab Pakistan? They are our own,” mentioned Mr Pawar. His Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a component of the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition in Maharashtra, along with the Congress.He slammed the way the 3 agricultural laws, against which the farmers are protesting, had been passed in Parliament apparently without having a lot discussion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, he mentioned, did not listen to the opposition when it demanded a debate, even even though all top rated leaders had been present in Parliament at the time.”We said ‘send it (the laws) to a select committee where people of all parties are there’. But the Central government said, ‘No discussion. We came with this and we will pass it without discussion. You all have come here to support’,” Mr Pawar recalled, pointing at how the farmers have turned the tables on the government.”Today every farmer is saying first repeal these laws and then we can discuss.”The 80-year-old recalled how Mumbai had witnessed various agitations due to the fact pre-independence and how the farmers gathered today represented only the most current in a lengthy chain of protests. “This government is trying to destroy farmers. And you have shown by your strength that you can topple such a government,” Mr Pawar mentioned.Referring to the protester’s strategy to march to the Governor’s residence, he took potshots at Bhagat Singh Koshyari. “You all are going to the Governor. But Maharashtra has not seen such a Governor before. He has time to meet Kangana Ranaut but not farmers. He should have been here to speak to you but he is not,” the former Union Minister mentioned.Earlier, speaking to the protesting farmers, Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat mentioned Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had appointed a committee to locate a resolution. “We will try to pass a law in the state that is for farmers not against them,” he mentioned.Hundreds of farmers from Nashik, affiliated with the All India Kisan Sabha and other organisations, reached Azad Maidan on Sunday evening. They strategy to march towards Delhi in help of their comrades there.
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