Farmers protest against contentious laws began late November.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong appeal amid farmers protests near Delhi borders as he defended the centre s agricultural laws that have triggered biggest agitation in years. If anyone has any concerns, then with our heads bowed and our hands folded, with humility, we are willing to discuss with them and assuage their fears, PM Modi said, addressing farmers in Madhya Pradesh via video. These laws were not brought in overnight. In past 22 years, every government, state has discussed these in detail. Farmer groups, agricultural experts, economists, scientists and progressive farmers, have called for reforms. Parties opposing these laws today promised these reforms in their manifestos, he asserted.