‘Opposition does not farmers to prosper’

Stating that a majority of farmers in the country were happy with the BJP rule in the country, BJP General Secretary Arun Singh said the Opposition parties were opposing the new farm laws as they did not want the farmers to prosper. Addressing party workers in Hassan on Wednesday, Mr. Singh, who is in charge of the party in Karnataka, said the Centre was committed to increasing the farmers' income. The government did not intend to close APMC markets; instead, the number of markets was being increased. “Farmers will get good price and investment in the agriculture sectors only when corporate companies enter the field. The corporate companies cannot give a competent price to the produces if they did not have an agreement with the farmers. These are all good measures in the interest of farmers”, he said.