MEA Issues Statement After International Celebrities Extend Support To Farmers, Says It Is Irresponsible And Inaccurate

After international stars like Rihanna, climate change activist Greta Thunberg and others extended support to the protesting farmers, the Ministry of External Affairs (MHA) issued a statement.

The MHA on the 3rd of February released a detailed statement and spoke about the farmer’s protest.

Anurag Srivastava, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA,) released the statement through Twitter.

Mr. Srivastava cleared the Central Government’s stand in the farmers protest and said, the Government of India (GoI) took several initiatives to negotiate with farmers.

Mr. Srivastava said, “A very small section of farmers in parts of India have some reservations about these reforms. Respecting the sentiments of the protestors, the Government of India has initiated a series of talks with their representatives. Union ministers have been part of the negotiations, and eleven talks have already been held. The Government has even offered to keep the laws on hold, an offer iterated by no less than the Prime minister of India.”

The Twitter post was made after international celebrities and opposition blamed the Central Government for neglecting the farmers of India, who have been protesting for more than 2 months.

The MEA said the Government is looking forward to resolving the issue and even conducted rounds of talks to resolve the matter.

However, all the negotiation talks and meetings were fruitless, as the farmers refused to negotiate and demanded scrapping of the three farm laws.

Since September, the Central Government passed farm laws, became a controversial topic in India. Thousands of farmers from Haryana and Punjab marched to Delhi and started a protest at three the borders, including the Tikri and Singhu borders in New Delhi.

The protest which started from the 25th of December completed 69th day on the 3rd of February.

Meanwhile, while international celebrities extended support to farmers, Indian stars like Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty and Kailash Kher took to Twitter and urged Indian citizens not to fall for half truth and focus on efforts of Central Government, which is trying to resolve the issue with tha farmers.

Twitter is flooded with cooperative messages highlighting the good works and efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party in the farmers protest matter.

The messages were posted with several hashtags like #PMModi #IndiaWithModi #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether.

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