“This is the first time when farmers’ perseverance forced the ruling party to take them seriously…to repeal laws passed by Parliament. Why should farmers who constitute almost 70 per cent of the total population be dependent on any political party to get their interests fulfilled?” argued Sharma.“It is an appropriate time for formers to float their own political party and contest forthcoming assembly polls as well as 2024 Lok Sabha,” added Sharma.Saying that “if farmers can sustain a movement for a year, they can build a nationwide political party also”, Sharma, who is a known government critic added, “Barring a few political parties, the entire political system is funded by big corporates. Why would they make legislation in the interest of the farmers?”Referring to Jan Sangh – BJP’s predecessor which won only two Lok Sabha seats in the 1950s, Sharma pointed out, “There are 65 crore farmers-families in the country. It will take time but, if they float a party, it will certainly start a naya daur (new era) of the peasantry politics in the country.”
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