Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation in 'Mann Ki Baat'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation through his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' today.

Earlier on November 17, PM Modi had invited suggestions from the people, for the 71st edition of the programme.

While adressing the nation, Modi said the recent agriculture reforms have begun mitigating the troubles of farmers in a short span of time as he cited the example of a Maharashtra farmer who used the provisions of the new laws to get the money promised to him by a trader.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks people to send in their suggestions on topics which they want to be discussed in the upcoming Mann Ki Baat, which will be held on the last Sunday of December.

"The agricultural reforms in the past few days have also now opened new doors of possibilities for our farmers," PM Modi said in his monthly radio address Mann ki Baat.

"The demands that have been made by farmers for years, that every political party, at some point or the other, made the promise to fulfill, those demands have been met," PM Modi said.

His remarks come at a time when thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, have dug in their heels at Delhi's border points and hundreds have gathered at the city's Burari ground, united in their determination to hold protests against the new farm laws.

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