Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the farmers’ agitation no longer remains a farmers’ movement as it has been infiltrated by Leftist and Maoist elements demanding the release of those put behind bars for anti-national activities.
Piyush Goyal who is minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry and Food and Consumers Affairs said “We now realise that the so-called farmer agitation hardly remains a farmers’ agitation. It has almost got infiltrated by Leftist and Maoist elements, a flavour of which we saw over the last two days when there were extraneous demands to release people who have been put behind bars for anti-national (and) who have been put behind bars for illegal activities, Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry and Food and Consumers Affairs.”