Akali Dal`s stand not in interest of farmers: Fadnavis
(WorldNews India)

Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Monday claimed that those protesting the farm Bills passed by the government in Parliament had “vested interests”. On the issue of farmers’ protests against the three agriculture-related Bills, Fadnavis, who was addressing mediapersons in Nagpur, said, “The opposition to legislations is not by farmers but by those with vested interests (dukandari chalavnaryancha virodh). “These are pro-farmer legislations that aim to give access of the whole market across the country to farmers. Earlier, they had the option of only Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs). This was unanimously decided by a Niti...