Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that a compensation policy is already in place for high-tension power lines passing through farmers' fields.
He made these remarks when Australian High Commissioner Philip Green paid a courtesy call on him at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
Ahead of the Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Congress said on Wednesday that the soybean and cotton farmers have been left to fend for themselves under the Mahayuti government in the state.
"Foodgrain production witnessed a record increase due to good production of rice, jowar, and maize," an official statement said.
He said that the government has become "a U-turn expert".
Before leaving, the farmers at Singhu border offered prayers and organised langar as well.
The farmers have said, they will vacate the Delhi borders on Saturday and will meet on January 15.
Mr Mollah, who led a march of the Darjeeling district Left Front in Siliguri, added that cases had been registered against around 50,000 farmers, while 700 farmers had been 'martyred.'
While addressing the Congress Parliamentary party meeting, she paid homage to the 700 farmers who lost their lives during their protest against the farm laws. Rahul Gandhi was also present at the meeting.
Addressing the state convention on farmer entrepreneur scientist symposium of the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh on Monday evening, Arlekar said that today we were eager to adopt western methods and technologies in the agriculture sector by forgetting our traditional agricultural practices.
