Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at an event in which he distributed Rs. 18,000 crores to over nine crore farmers against the backdrop of unrelenting protests near Delhi over three new farm laws, said: "Some parties are pushing political agenda by opposing the new farm laws. Some people are spreading myths and lies that land will be taken away if farmers enter into contract farming." He also accused the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal of blocking a central benefit scheme for farmers because of its political agenda.
