Ex-K’taka CM urges farmers to try new farm laws for year

Bengaluru, Dec 27 : Former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the agitating farmers to consider Union Minister Rajnath Singh’s appeal to try the three new farm laws as an “experiment” for a year or two.
Kumaraswamy also requested the Centre to protect ‘country’s international reputation’ by solving the issue at the earliest.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and other states have been protesting along Delhi’s border against new farm laws passed by the union government in September, which they fear will dismantle the minimum support price system and leave them at the mercy of big companies.
Several rounds of talks between their leaders and the government and multiple assurances from Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself have also failed to move them.
On Saturday, taking to Twitter, Janata Dal (S) second-in-command Kumaraswamy said the protest has begun attracting the attention of not only the country, but the entire world and has created an impression that is brewing some troubles in India.
“It is my sincere wish that the reputation earned by India at the international level and its image should not be dented by the new farm legislations as well as the protests against them,” he said in a series of tweets.