The AIADMK co-coordinator, Edappadi K.Palaniswami, owed an apology to the farming community for supporting the three contentious farm laws and deriding farmers who had fought against the now repealed legislation, DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said in Thanjavur on Tuesday.
Mr. Palaniswami, who claims to be a farmer, had betrayed the interests of the farming community of not only Tamil Nadu but the entire country by supporting the laws, Mr. Stalin alleged.
“We strongly opposed the laws for being anti-farmer and pro-corporate. But Mr. Palaniswami claimed farmers would stand to benefit from the laws and even called farmers fighting against the laws as brokers. Now that the Prime Minister has been forced to backtrack and repeal the laws, Mr. Palaniswami should tender an apology to the farmers,” Mr. Stalin said, addressing a virtual campaign meet ahead of the urban local bodies elections in Thanjavur.
