Jammu, Sept. 19 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took on critics of his government's farm liberalisation plan, a day after the lower House passed two of the three farm bills, accusing detractors of spreading "misinformation and lies", while reassuring farmers that the reforms were in their best interests.

His comments, made in an address dedicating a railway bridge in Bihar and also on the microblogging site Twitter, came after Lok Sabha passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 by a majority voice vote. On Tuesday, the lower House had passed a third legislation, the Essential Commo...