Last Updated:December 27, 2025, 21:43 IST At a gathering of over 10,000 farmers, Sadhguru urged minister Shivraj Chouhan to amend British-era laws so everything grown on farmland, especially timber, belongs to the farmer The event was notable for its rare display of cross-party consensus. Representatives from the BJP, Congress, AIADMK, and DMK shared the stage. Image/News18 In a significant push for agrarian reform, Sadhguru, the founder of Isha Foundation, called for the total liberation of the Indian farmer from “British-era” restrictive laws during a massive agricultural seminar in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday. Addressing a gathering of over 10,000 farmers, Sadhguru urged Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to amend policies that currently prevent farmers from exercising full ownership over the produce grown on their own land, particularly timber. Sadhguru’s primary contention centres on the legal distinction between produce grown on private agricultural land and that found in state-controlled forests. He argued that the current regulatory roadblocks, which often require farmers to seek government permission to cut or sell trees grown on their own property, …