Farm laws will help hoarders, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Firing a fresh salvo at the Centre over the contentious farm laws West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that instead of serving the interests of the farmers they would help hoarders to flourish. She further alleged that the laws will put farmers across the country in jeopardy.

Speaking at an administrative review meeting at Siliguri in North Bengal the Chief Minister said that her government will take necessary steps to safeguard the interests of the farmers.

“The farm laws will be a danger to the farmers. They will create a crisis for farmers across the country. I will soon hold a meeting with officials to discuss what steps can be taken to protect the interests of the farmers in Bengal,” said Mamata.

The development comes at a time when the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is going all out against the Centre over the farm laws and has been holding several agitations across the state.

Earlier the Chief Minister said that the farm lills will push the country towards famine ad result into farmers’ suicide as it will deprive them of the Minimum Support Price.

The Centre, however, claimed that the Laws will be beneficial for farmers as they will be free from the control of middlemen and sell their crops anywhere they want.

TMC and BJP had been at loggerheads with each other over the issue and both parties are trying to project themselves as a champion of farmers’ rights to woo them ahead of the next Assembly elections in 2021. Mamata had declared that she would not change her stand over the Farm Laws and continue to oppose them. She has also dubbed the BJP government at the Centre as “fascist” in this regard.