Modi will address on farm laws to farmers virtually: Big screens and leaflets

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BJP Chief has ordered “big screens to be arranged for listening to (the Prime Minister’s) address… at every block development centre”. In addition, district-level programs will be held an hour before the PM’s speech (which will be at noon); these will also be held at all mandis or APMC markets.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address on farm laws and clarify the Centre’s position on the laws on Thursday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address virtually nine crore farmers across the country and release the next batch of financial aid ₹ 18,000 crore from the PM-Kisan scheme.

BJP Chief JP Nadda has directed union ministers, MPs and MLAs to participate in the PM’s address and he posted letters to presidents of state units and all other senior leaders. It is also coincide with former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. Home Minister Amit Shah will be present at a Gaushala in Delhi, from where he too will interact with a select group of farmers. BJP Chief has ordered “big screens to be arranged for listening to (the Prime Minister’s) address… at every block development centre”.

In addition, district-level programs will be held an hour before the PM’s speech (which will be at noon); these will also be held at all mandis or APMC markets. These programs will consist of BJP officer-bearers and public representatives extolling the benefits of schemes started by the Modi Government. Specially-printed leaflets will also be distributed; the content is to be translated into local languages, but no editing will be allowed to info drafted by the Centre.

The interaction is part of efforts – spanning 100 press conferences and 700 meetings – to combat a nearly month-long protest against the farm laws by thousands of irate farmers and the opposition. The farmers say the new laws will leave them at the mercy of corporates. The centre insists it only give them the option to sell at markets and prices of their choice. Multiple rounds of talks have failed; the farmers insist the laws be scrapped while the centre will only amend certain sections.

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