West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday spoke to various farmers’ groups protesting at Delhi’s Singhu border against the Centre’s agriculture reform laws and assured them that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) stands by them, Rajya Sabha MP and TMC leader Derek O’Brien said.
O’Brien, who was on ground with the agitating farmers, facilitated Banerjee’s interactions over the phone. “The CM spoke over the phone with farmers groups from Haryana and Punjab, they shared their demands and they were clear that they wanted the farm bills (laws) repealed,” O’Brien said.
According to the Rajya Sabha MP, Banerjee told the farmers that she and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will stand by them in this movement demanding a repeal of the “anti-farmer” laws.
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