99 per cent farmers in the country are with the Modi government: BJP leader

Jaipur: Amid a protest by farmers against the Centre's three new farm laws, BJP general secretary Arun Singh on Monday claimed that more than 99 per cent farmers in the country are with the Modi government.

The BJP leader said, "More than 99 per cent farmers in the country are with the Modi government and if there is confusion among the rest, we will sit and the confusion will be removed."

"They are innocent farmers but among them are some elements that need to be exposed. They put up posters of Sharjeel Imam," he said, referring to anti-citizenship law activist accused by Delhi Police of being involved in the recent riots.

Singh, who is charge of party affairs in Rajasthan, said the farm laws have been enacted in the interest of farmers, but the Congress, which in its election manifesto had promised similar steps, is now opposing the reforms due to political considerations.

Farmers have expressed apprehension that these laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporations.

Targeting the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, he said that people are fed up with the Congress in just two years and have voted in support of the BJP in the recent local body poll.

He said farmers in large numbers voted in favour of the BJP in Panchayati Raj elections.