Also, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached out to the protesting farer unions saying
He stressed, that the Modi government had increased the budget for the farm sector and also the minimum support price (MSP) for various crops, he said at an event in Bagalkote district in Karnataka.
"I want to say that if there is any big priority of the Narendra Modi government it is to double the farmers' income," he said.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will hear the various pleas related to the contentious farm laws on Monday. A three-judge bench of the SC is likely to take up the matter of recusal of Bhupendra Singh Maan from the four-member committee on farm laws. The committee will hold its first meeting on January 19.