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News Desk: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today assured farmer leaders led by Rakesh Tikait and Yudhvir Singh of support to their agitation against the new agriculture laws.
At a meeting with the farmer leaders here during the day, the Trinamool chief said that there should be a platform where states could converse on policy issues.
“Bulldozing states is not good for the federal structure,” she said.
She announced after the meeting that her “support for the farmers’ movement will be there” and added that “India is hungrily waiting for policies which help in fighting COVID-19, assist farmers and industry”.
The chief minister rhetorically asked, “…why is it so difficult to talk to the farmers?”
The chief minister said that the farmer leaders have requested her to talk to other state leaders on the farmers’ issue and organise a dialogue with farmers’ unions.
“The farmers’ movement is not just for Punjab, Haryana or Uttar Pradesh. It is for the whole country,” she said. Ms Banerjee also said that it was necessary for states to come together to discuss policy issues and stand together against injustice.
