PM Says Opposition Misleading Farmers, "Will Keep Assuring Them"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed support yet again for his government's controversial farm sector laws that has had the farmers camping at the borders of Delhi for nearly a month. "The agriculture reforms that have taken place are exactly what farmer bodies and even opposition parties have been asking over the years," the Prime Minister said, reiterating the government's claim that the opposition is now "instigating" and "misleading" the farmers.