Title: Farmers’ agitation is a vote of ‘no confidence’ in India’s private sector
Headings: Farmers’ agitation is a vote of ‘no confidence’ in India’s private sector
Farmers’ agitation is a vote of ‘no confidence’ in India’s private sector
Big corporates, farmers believe, are new Zamindars who get the Government to act on their behalf. They are convinced this is a game of the big against the small and of the powerful against the weak
Jagdish Rattanani

Content: Farmers’ agitation is a vote of ‘no confidence’ in India’s private sector
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Farmers’ agitation is a vote of ‘no confidence’ in India’s private sector
Big corporates, farmers believe, are new Zamindars who get the Government to act on their behalf. They are convinced this is a game of the big against the small and of the powerful against the weak
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Jagdish Rattanani
Published: 02 Jan 2021, 6:30 PM
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The farmers of India have made their opposition to the farm bills very clear. The issues are complex but faces never-before seen on television and on YouTube et al have explained them rather well and told us why they stand against the bills that were rushed through Parliament with no debate. To the extent the new laws are the handiwork of the BJP and are pushed by its leadership, the protestors have taken a stand against the party and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a political fight in which the PM isn’t backing down yet, but he isn’t in the lead. His much-hyped communications skills and vaunted political craft pale in comparison to the farmers’ explanations of why they have taken this hard stance against the government. In a line, the farmers are saying this: