RSS affiliate backs protesting farmers, says new acts only favour companies

While Bhartiya Kisan Sangh has pointed to lacunae in the farm laws, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch voices opposition as well

While speaking in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the ongoing protests against the three farm Acts were the result of an Opposition conspiracy and charged that vested interests were inciting farmers.

However, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliate Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) has come out in strong support of the farmers, saying the Acts only serve the interests of corporate houses and big traders, not farmers. The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), another RSS affiliate, has also issued a statement opposing the laws.

The laws, according to senior BKS functionaries, have many lacunae, none of which