Meghalaya Governor backs protesting farmers, urges Centre to not offend them

Siding with farmers protesting the Centre’s new agriculture legal guidelines, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik right here on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to not offend them.
Speaking at an occasion in his house district, Malik mentioned if the Centre provides authorized assure of the minimal help value (MSP) for crops, farmers will relent.
The Meghalaya Governor additionally claimed to have prevented the arrest of farmer chief Rakesh Tikait when he heard rumours about it.
“None of the laws are in favour of farmers. Wherever one goes, there is a lathicharge,” Malik mentioned, including that nobody can save the nation the place farmers and troopers are usually not happy.

Describing the situation of farmers as unhealthy within the nation, Malik mentioned, “They are getting poorer day by day while the salary of government officials and staff increases after every three years. Whatever is sown by a farmer is cheap and whatever he buys is expensive. They do not know how they are becoming poor.”
Apparently referring to Sikh farmers protesting towards the legal guidelines, Malik mentioned, “The Sikh community does back down and forget things even after 300 years. Indira Gandhi (ex-PM) had got the ‘Mahamrityunjay Mantra Jaap’ done after the Operation Blue Star.”

“I belong to a farmer’s family. Hence, I can understand their problems. I will go to any extent to solve the problems of farmers,” he mentioned.