Don't suppress farmers' movement, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik urges Centre

Recalling his own journey from the agriculture fields to power corridors, Governor Malik said that he understood the cause of the farmers. Urging the government to find a solution for the farmers' issues, the Meghalaya Governor said that it was in the best interest of the nation, and that the government should engage in talks with the farmers. Referring to the farmers protesting at Delhi's border area for over two months, Malik said the government should show ''greatness'' and solve the issue keeping the interest of farmers in mind.

''The way farmers have been lying outside for 60 days, their family members moving back and forth between Delhi and their homes, the household work is stopped. The farmers have no sense of surety.'' He added that while the government is bound by its own compulsions, the government's duties surpass that. ''The government has everything in its hands," he stated.

Meanwhile, Malik took a strong exception to the January 26 violence that happened in Delhi during farmers' tractor rally and said he is certain that those who violated law and order during tractor rally were not farmers.

He also said that the violence that occurred in the national capital during Republic Day was due to miscreants, who involved in the violence. He added that the farmers' protest has been quiet, with the farmers enduring everything. ''Farmers endured everything, they suffered, and they are not furious. I do not want to put them in that category. I will ask them to negotiate with intelligence with the government,'' he added. (Agencies)

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