Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who once advocated major reforms in agricultural laws, is also advising the Center on the new legislations. It may be recalled that Pawar himself advocated huge changes in agricultural laws during his tenure as the Minister of Agriculture. Wrote a letter to Sheila Dixit in 2010On August 11, 2010, Sharad Pawar wrote a letter to the then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, stating the need for private sector participation in the agriculture sector. Letter to MP CM Shivraj SinghA similar letter was written by Sharad Pawar in November 2011 to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In this letter, Pawar wrote that private sector participation can be important for agricultural reforms.

Source: dna December 07, 2020 03:47 UTC