: Amarinder Singh urges PM Modi to repeal farm laws, amend legislation to provide legal aid to farmers #IndiaNEWS Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Amarinder Singh urges PM Modi to repeal farm laws, amend legislation to provide legal aid to farmers #IndiaNEWS
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal the three contentious farm laws.Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have camped at the borders of Delhi since November, braving the cold, heat and rain, firm on their demand that the central government repeal the three farm laws that open up the country’s agriculture markets to private companies.In his meeting with the prime minister, the chief minister said the continuing agitation was not only impacting the economic activities in his state, but also had the potential to affect the social fabric, especially when political parties were taking a strong position on the matter.Singh pointed out that more than 400 protestors have lost their lives. He also said that the agitation can lead to security threats as Pakistan-backed forces were looking to exploit the farmers’ anger.He also said that there was a need to compensate farmers for the management of paddy straw at Rs 100 per quintal. Singh asked the government to also mitigate the fears of the shortage of Diammonium phosphate, or DAP, a fertiliser used by farmers. The chief minister said that the shortage could increase the farmerp�&H�؛[ː�H�YZ��Y�[ZY�܈��Y��H[��X��YY�Z[�����Y�[�����XY[ܙH

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