Letter from seven US lawmakers to Secretary of State Pompeo Talk to Modi on the issue of Indian farmers

Don't spread illusions based on false and incomplete information about the law: India's response to US lawmakers

Washington, Ta. December 25, 2020, Friday

Farmers in India have been protesting against agricultural laws for a month. The movement is also being discussed internationally. After the PM of Canada, the MPs of Britain, now the US MPs have also supported the farmers' movement.

Seven US lawmakers have written a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the US government to take up the issue of farmers' demands and agitation with the Indian government.

After the United Nations, Canada and Britain, now the United States is also getting support from the farmers in the movement against the agricultural laws. U.S. lawmakers who have stepped up pressure on the U.S. government to negotiate include Congressmen Donald Nacros, Braden F. Boyle, Brian Fitzpatrick, Mary Gray Scallon, Baby Dingle, David Tron, and Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jaipal.

The lawmakers said the case was one that was having an impact on Sikh Americans who are associated with Punjab. The biggest impact of this case could be on people who are Indian-Americans and are associated with different states of India. Therefore, the US should take up the matter with the Government of India on an immediate basis.

Many Indian-Americans are also affected by this because their large tracts of land are in India and their families are involved in agriculture. We therefore urge you to discuss and resolve this issue with the Prime Minister of India. America has been a supporter of freedom of expression and political freedom.

India, on the other hand, has given the same kind of response to the Canadian PM, citing US lawmakers. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, "Some countries are making inappropriate statements based on incomplete and false information about Indian farmers, which we oppose." Such statements can have a detrimental effect on the relations between India and that country.