Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday reiterated that the Centre was ready to amend the three agriculture laws, PTI reported. Tomar said the Centre was willing to make changes to the law in order to respect the sentiments of protesting farmers. He, however, criticised the Opposition, stating they were politicising the matter at the cost of farmers’ interests.
“There is a place for disagreement in democracy and so is [the case] for opposition and difference of opinion, but should there be any opposition that can harm the nation?” he asked.
Addressing the fifth national convention of Agrivision, an annual event held by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Tomar, however, held that the government’s proposal to amend the laws did not mean there were flaws in the legislations, the Hindustan Times reported. The minister had made a similar statement in the Rajya Sabha last month. He asserted that it was the Centre’s priority to upheld the…