Political Motivation Drives Farmers’ Protest, Says Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari weighed in on the recent farmers’ protests, which have become a major political talking point ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, stating that they are “politically motivated.”Farmers, riding tractors, gathered at the gates of the national capital in a near-rerun of the 2020 farm protests against three agricultural laws brought by the government. They were responding to a call for “Delhi Chalo” to push for a number of demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP (minimum support price), loan write-offs, and the withdrawal of police cases from previous protests.The protest by the farmers has a political...