Why is government shying away from discussion on farm laws repeal bill, asks Congress

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday attacked the government over the passage of the farm laws repeal bill in the Lok Sabha without a discussion, charging that all parliamentary norms have been “thrown to the wind”.
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked why the government was shying away from a discussion on the bill, when the opposition was supporting them.
A bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, was passed by the Lok Sabha within minutes of introduction on Monday.
The Congress has also demanded that there should be legal guarantee for the minimum support price to farmers and that compensation should be granted to farmers who suffered during the agitation and lost their lives, Chowdhury told reporters outside Parliament.
He said the Congress has also demanded that all “false” cases lodged against farmers during their year long agitation should be withdrawn immediately.
“What was the problem in having a discussion on the farm laws repeal bill. There have been discussions whenever a law has been repealed in the past. What is the problem,” he asked noting that over 1,429 old laws have been repealed.
Chowdhury said the Congress has also demand the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, whose son has been arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
“We wanted that the government should give us time to speak on the bill. But the government disallowed us and passed the bill without discussion. What is the government fearing,” he said.
“Today, all Parliamentary norms have been thrown to the wind,” he alleged.
—PTI

 

 

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