Punjabi Singers, Actors Hold Protest In Support Of Farmers

Actor and singer Ammy Virksaid, “Farmers are not going to benefit from these laws.” He claimed that with these laws, the minimum support price system would come to an end. They also accused the Centre of not consulting farmers before drafting these legislations.

They further claimed that big corporates would “exploit” farmers. Protesters were carrying black flags as a mark of protest against these Bills.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave assent to the three contentious bills — the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020.