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PM Modi defends farm laws, offers talks based on 'facts and logic'

Opposition parties pushing political agenda by opposing new farm laws, says Prime Minister at virtual event

PM Narendra Modi
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PM Narendra Modi was speaking at a virtual event. Credits: ANI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Opposition parties are “pushing a political agenda” by spreading lies about laws that will benefit farmers, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday as he offered talks "based on facts and logic".

Modi was speaking at a virtual event transferring over Rs 18,000 crore to more than 90 million farmers when he forcefully defended three agricultural laws that his government says give farmers the freedom to sell their produce. The reforms have sparked protests with tens of thousands of farmers camping out at Delhi’s borders for weeks demanding the government withdraw the laws they fear will eventually dismantle regulated markets