Farmers' Protest Highlights: Sachin Pilot attacks Centre

Congress leader Sachin Pilot attacked Centre over farm laws, saying that the Centre must take back the new laws as they have coercively passed it.

He alleged that the government has overlooked the interest of farmers and the issue of minimum support price must be addressed. He said the central government should repeal these laws as they are making the farmers feel insecure about their future.

Meanwhile, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice chairman and AAP MLA Raghav Chadha on Thursday claimed that BJP workers vandalised his office and attacked staff members at the board's headquarters at Jhandewalan in Delhi.

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) denied the allegations saying the attack was orchestrated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

According to Chadha, the vandals said that the attack should serve as a warning to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLAs for supporting the ongoing farmers' protest.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the Central government is ready to talk and clear doubts of the farmers who are protesting against the new farm laws. He also claimed that the Narendra Modi government will double the farmers' income by 2020.

"Many farmers have thanked PM Modi for the new agriculture laws. We will double farmers' income by 2022. The government is ready to talk and clear doubts of the farmers who are protesting. A solution can be found only through dialogue," he said.

As the protest against the farm laws continues into its 30th day, Congress leaders marched to the Rashtrapati Bhavan and submitted to the President a memorandum containing 2 crore signatures seeking his intervention in farm laws issue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to interact today with farmers from six states during which they will share their experience on various initiatives taken by the Centre, in yet another outreach attempt.