PM s charge of lying to farmers baseless: Opposition parties
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Last Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 06:06 PM IST
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In a joint statement on Thursday, Congress, NCP, DMK, PAGD, RJD, SP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP leaders expressed their solidarity with the protesting farmers.
The prime minister slammed the opposition for misleading the farmers.
NEW DELHI: Opposition party leaders have termed the allegations made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has accused the parties of lying to the farmers, as baseless , stating that such accusations are a complete travesty of truth .
In a joint statement on Thursday, Congress, NCP, DMK, PAGD, RJD, SP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP leaders expressed their solidarity with the protesting farmers.
Baseless, complete travesty of truth: Opposition hits out at PM over farmers protests
n a joint statement on Thursday, Congress, NCP, DMK, PAGD, RJD, SP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP leaders expressed their solidarity with the protesting farmers.
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NEW DELHI: Opposition party leaders have termed the allegations made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has accused the parties of lying to the farmers, as baseless , stating that such accusations are a complete travesty of truth .
In a joint statement on Thursday, Congress, NCP, DMK, PAGD, RJD, SP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP leaders expressed their solidarity with the protesting farmers.
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Parties seek to put some distance between themselves and farmers’ protests, claiming that protesters have come together on their own.
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Farmers sitting on protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border, in New Delhi.
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Parties seek to put some distance between themselves and farmers’ protests, claiming that protesters have come together on their own.
Opposition parties have said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegations against them of “spreading lies” on the farm laws is a “travesty of truth”. They also sought to put some distance between themselves and the ongoing farmers’ protests, claiming that the protesters have come together on their own.
Prime Minister s allegations baseless: 11 opposition parties
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Last Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 11:46 PM IST
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They objected to the attempts on the part of BJP to give a political colour to the ongoing farmers’ agitation.
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New Delhi: Eleven opposition parties have registered their “strong protest against the baseless allegations being made by the PM”, accusing them of “lying” to farmers on the farm laws and “using farmers for their politics”. They objected to the attempts on the part of BJP to give a political colour to the ongoing farmers’ agitation.
“The prime minister’s accusations are a complete travesty of truth. We have expressed our solidarity with the protesting farmers. The call for this ongoing historic struggle was given by more than 500 kisan organisations from all over the country under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha,” the leaders of the 11 parties said in a joint statement, while demanding the repeal of
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A delegation of Opposition leaders comprising Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury, and TKS Elangovan called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan and presented a memorandum. (PTI Photo)
Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been coordinating with Opposition leaders to hold a joint rally of anti-BJP leaders in Kolkata, the CPM on Thursday worked behind the scenes to get 11 parties, including the NCP, DMK and the Congress, to issue a joint statement against the BJP government on the farm laws.