congress: Why is govt shying away from discussion on farm laws repeal bill, asks Congress

The Congress on Monday attacked the federal government over the passage of the farm legal guidelines repeal invoice within the Lok Sabha with no dialogue, charging that each one parliamentary norms have been “thrown to the wind”. Congress chief within the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury requested why the federal government was shying away from a dialogue on the invoice, when the opposition was supporting them.

A invoice to repeal the three contentious farm legal guidelines, in opposition to which farmers have been protesting for over a yr, was handed by the Lok Sabha inside minutes of introduction on Monday.

The Congress has additionally demanded that there must be authorized assure for the minimal help worth to farmers and that compensation must be granted to farmers who suffered throughout the agitation and misplaced their lives, Chowdhury informed reporters outdoors Parliament.

He mentioned the Congress has additionally demanded that each one “false” circumstances lodged in opposition to farmers throughout their yr lengthy agitation must be withdrawn instantly.

“What was the issue in having a dialogue on the farm legal guidelines repeal invoice. There have been discussions each time a regulation has been repealed prior to now. What’s the downside,” he requested noting that over 1,429 outdated legal guidelines have been repealed.

Chowdhury mentioned the Congress has additionally demand the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, whose son has been arrested within the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

“We wished that the federal government ought to give us time to talk on the invoice. However the authorities disallowed us and handed the invoice with out dialogue. What’s the authorities fearing,” he mentioned.

“At present, all Parliamentary norms have been thrown to the wind,” he alleged.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala mentioned the federal government handed the invoice because it didn’t need any accountability.

“Three anti-agriculture legal guidelines have been handed in Parliament with out dialogue and have been repealed with out dialogue.

“A debate would make the PM and the BJP answerable for…Conspiracy to promote the farming sector on the altar of Crony Mates; Sacrifice of 700 farmers; Not giving MSP,” Surjewala charged in a tweet.

Congress chief whip within the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, mentioned, “Modi Sarkar needs to push via the three farm legal guidelines repeal Invoice right this moment in Parliament WITHOUT any debate. The passage of the legal guidelines 16 months in the past was most undemocratic. The style of repeal is much more so. The Opposition calls for a dialogue earlier than repeal.”