Karnal, Feb. 5 -- The Bhartiya Kisan Union on Wednesday hit out at the union government and termed the recent trade deal with the United States an attack on the farmers of the country.

BKU state president Ratan Mann alleged that the agricultural product agreement being negotiated with the US is a stab in the back of Indian farmers.

He said that this deal is a conspiracy to destroy the country's food providers and hand over agriculture to corporate houses.

Mann said that the government, under foreign pressure, is bent on selling the livelihood of the country's farmers.

"In countries like the United States, farmers receive huge subsidies, modern machinery, and large-scale production facilities. If cheap agricultural products from such c...