NCP's Praful Patel blames Centre for farmers' unrest New Delhi, Feb 5 (UNI) Holding the Centre responsible for the current unrest among the farmers, NCP Member Praful Patel on Thursday said had the government sent the laws to a Select Committee for wider consultation, as suggested by the Opposition, the situation would not have spiralled out of control. His party chief Sharad Pawar never advocated the provisions of the present farm laws, Mr Patel said, but as an Agriculture Minister, he wrote letters to the state Governments seeking their opinions and sent a model Bill in 2007. But neither the opinions nor the Bill was introduced in Parliament.