Farmers interests ignored just to extend benefit to 'Corporate Houses': Sunder Sham Arora

Chandigarh: Terming the newly passed farm bills as ‘black bills’ for the farmers and agrarian economy of the country, the Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora on Saturday accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central Government for ignoring the interests of farmers on one hand and securing benefits for ‘corporate houses’ on the other.

Reiterating the commitment of Punjab Government to safeguard the interests of farmers at all costs, the Minister said that the Centre would not succeed in its nefarious design to destroy the agrarian sector.

Demanding immediate revocation of anti-farmers, anti-arthiyas and anti-labourers bills, the Minister pointed out that these bills would badly ruin these sections of the society with adverse effects on the other sections.

The Minister said that the recent exclusion of cereals, pulses, onion-potatoes etc. from the list of essential commodities would further lead to hoarding and black-marketing across the country as the rates of food-grains were skyrocketing.

The Minister demanded that the Centre should immediate roll back these anti farmers bills, which are being strongly opposed by the farmers, arthiyas and farm labourers in the country.