Centre Should Have Consulted Farmers Before Enacting New Farm Laws: BJP Leader

Ram Iqbal Singh also urged the government to bring a law guaranteeing the minimum support price (MSP) for farmers.

Uttar Pradesh BJP working committee member Ram Iqbal Singh on Thursday said there would have been no agitation by farmers had the Centre consulted them before enacting the new agricultural laws. He also urged the government to bring a law guaranteeing the minimum support price (MSP) for farmers. Thousands of farmers are camping at Delhi's border points in Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur to demand that the Centre repeal the three farm laws that were enacted in September last year and make a new law guaranteeing MSP for crops. Speaking to reporters, Mr Singh said the Modi government should have consulted the farmers before enacting the new agricultural laws.