President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday backed the newly-introduced agriculture laws, suggesting that they were long awaited. Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest against the laws, Kovind also praised the cultivators for ensuring farm produce despite natural calamities and the coronavirus pandemic.
“Some concerns about these laws may emerge in the beginning,” he said during his address to the nation on the eve of the 72nd Republic Day. “But the government is fully dedicated towards the welfare of farmers.”
The president’s comments came even as thousands of farmers continue to camp on the outskirts of Delhi for two months, demanding the repeal of the three agricultural laws passed in September, which they believe will undermine their livelihood and aid the corporate sector. The protestors have also decided to hold a tractor rally in the Capital on Republic Day.
President Kovind also praised the country’s scientists for developing vaccines against Covid-19 within a…