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Agri Reforms: Farmers Protest, Modi Says Leaders' Versions Are Misleading. What’s the Truth? -Kabir Agarwal

-TheWire.in

Farmers fear that the MSP regime will fall by the wayside and want it to be made a legal right.

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to farmers across the country to ‘beware’ and not get swayed by ‘misinformation’ that they will not get fair prices for their crops.

Over the last few weeks, farmers – largely in the states of Haryana and Punjab – have been protesting three agriculture ordinances which were introduced in May this year and passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amidst opposition by several political parties, including Bhartiya Janata Party ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

The issue grabbed front page real estate when SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal in a surprise move quit as Union minister for food processing industries describing the three agriculture bills as ‘anti farmer’.

So, why has the issue of the three agriculture legislations become so contentious?

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