<p>Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Friday said he would not attend President Ram Nath Kovind's joint address to Parliament in solidarity with the farmers agitating against the contentious farm laws.</p>.<p>"In solidarity with my farmer brothers fighting against the three #FarmLaws, I have decided, after consulting my party @JanataDal_S units, not to attend the President's joint address of Parliament today," the JD(S) supremo, a Rajya Sabha member, tweeted.</p>.<p>The opposition parties led by Congress and backed by the Left parties and a few regional parties decided on Thursday not to attend Kovind's joint address.</p>.<p>The farm laws have been a bone of contention ever since they were was passed.</p>.<p>Many farmers' associations have been agitating for the past two months.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/farmers-protest-live-new-farm-laws-tikri-singhu-border-tractor-rally-congress-bjp-narendra-modi-amit-shah-narendra-singh-tomar-farm-bills-msp-944596.html" target="_blank"><strong>Farmers' protest news updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>On January 26, the protest turned violent in Delhi leaving a large number of policemen and agitators injured.</p>
<p>Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Friday said he would not attend President Ram Nath Kovind's joint address to Parliament in solidarity with the farmers agitating against the contentious farm laws.</p>.<p>"In solidarity with my farmer brothers fighting against the three #FarmLaws, I have decided, after consulting my party @JanataDal_S units, not to attend the President's joint address of Parliament today," the JD(S) supremo, a Rajya Sabha member, tweeted.</p>.<p>The opposition parties led by Congress and backed by the Left parties and a few regional parties decided on Thursday not to attend Kovind's joint address.</p>.<p>The farm laws have been a bone of contention ever since they were was passed.</p>.<p>Many farmers' associations have been agitating for the past two months.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/farmers-protest-live-new-farm-laws-tikri-singhu-border-tractor-rally-congress-bjp-narendra-modi-amit-shah-narendra-singh-tomar-farm-bills-msp-944596.html" target="_blank"><strong>Farmers' protest news updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>On January 26, the protest turned violent in Delhi leaving a large number of policemen and agitators injured.</p>