Even as the government holds talks on its three contentious farm laws, promising amendments, farmers insist that nothing less than repealing them will do. Is this just a pressure tactic or do the farmers have a reasoned stand based on a close study of the laws?
Kavitha Kuruganti, who has been a part of the negotiations, explains that the amendments are so many that the laws need to be redrafted. In addition there is the need for a separate law on a minimum support price (MSP) mechanism.
The farmers have fundamental objections to the laws, saying they transgress into the. . .
