The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in an interview to Open Magazine, opened up on his thoughts about the politics surrounding the implementation of the three farm laws.
PM Modi said that his government is "committed to empowering the farmers" but none of the protesting parties "has come up with a specific point of disagreement that we want this to be changed" in the various meetings that were held with farmer leaders.
The PM also said: "In such a large country as India, is it possible to make a decision which is acceptable to 100 percent people?"
The PM was replying to a question of whether he is not worried about the consequences of some of the "risky" forays that his government undertook like, not rolling back on the farm laws.
"The tradition has been to run the government to make your party win but my purpose is to run the Government in a way to make our country win. And due to this basic concern, I take decisions based on Gandhiji’s talisman that sees how my decisions will benefit or harm the poorest or weakest person," said PM Modi in the interview.
He also spoke in detail about the farm laws. He said, "We are committed to empowering the small farmers in every way. The farm laws about which you are talking, the Government has been saying right from the first day that on whichever point there is a disagreement, the Government is ready to sit together and discuss those issues. Many meetings have also been held in this regard but no one till now has come up with a specific point of disagreement that we want this to be changed," in the Open Magazine interview.
Attacking The Opposition
The Prime Minister also launched an attack on the opposition parties, without naming one and said that they have taken a "U-turn" on certain issues and would have implemented had they been in power.
"If you look at those who are opposing the pro-farmer reforms today, you will see the real meaning of intellectual dishonesty and rajneetik dhokhadhadi," the PM said.
"You can see the same rajneetik dhokhadhadi when it comes to Aadhaar, GST, farm laws and even crucial matters such as arming our security forces. Promise something and make arguments for it but oppose the same thing later without any moral fibre.
"Don’t you think political parties were making a mockery of themselves when their members spoke about the need for a new Parliament, previous speakers said that a new parliament was needed? But if someone tries to do it, they oppose it by making some excuses, how correct is this?" the PM added further.