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New Delhi, Dec 06: With NCP chief Sharad Pawar backing farmers” protest against the contentious agri reforms, government sources on Sunday pointed out that as the agriculture minister in the UPA dispensation he had asked chief ministers to amend the APMC Act in their states to allow the private sector to play an important role in the field.
Sharad Pawar
Sharing the content of some letters he had written to various chief ministers, the sources claimed that the BJP-led NDA government has made the same set of changes in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act as pushed by Pawar when he was the union minister.
Pawar is scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on December 9 over the…
