After repeal of farm laws, Modi stresses on 'beej to bazaar' blueprint

Says committed to finding agri solutions, slams opposition for hurdles

Within a few hours of announcing the repeal of three contentious central farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government was working at all levels from “beej to bazaar” (seed to market) to benefit the country’s farmers.

Addressing a public meeting in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, Modi, without explicitly referring to the repeal of laws, observed while his regime was focussed on finding solutions, the opposition was guided by the philosophy of creating hurdles.

“The previous dynastic governments were interested in making announcements of projects to keep the farmers perennially deprived. They had even kept small