Farm Bills, already settled in Lok Sabha, will go to the president before they can become law
New Delhi:
Eighteen opposition parties wrote to the president today about what they called the “outright and utter assassination of democracy” in parliament in the way the government farm laws were passed on Sunday and the urged not to sign them.
“We, belonging to various political parties spanning the entire political and geographic spectrum of India, bring this representation to you to respectfully call your urgent attention to the outright and total murder of democracy, ironically in the most sacred temple of democracy, Parliament, ”the letter to President Ram Nath Kovind said.
“We pray that you return the invoices and do not affix your signature. We pray that you exercise all powers, constitutional and moral, to ensure that such black law does not become law …”
Two of three farm bills that the government says will bring major reforms to farmers were passed in Rajya Sabha on Sunday in unprecedented chaos with members of the opposition climbing to a table, throwing a settlement at him, tearing apart papers and snatching microphones. Eight members were suspended today for “unruly conduct” but their refusal to leave the House led to five adjournments by Rajya Sabha.
The Agricultural Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill aims to give farmers the freedom to sell their produce anywhere in the country and the 2020 Agreement on Agricultural Trade Bill Price insurance and farmers’ agricultural services (empowerment and protection) allows farmers to contract with agro-industrial companies, processors, wholesalers, exporters or large retailers for the sale of future agricultural products at a previously agreed price .
The bills, already approved in the Lok Sabha, will go to the president before they become law.
Leaders of 18 parties, including Congress, the left, NCP, DMK, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress and RJD, said the bills are against farmers’ interests and will empower businesses .
“On an issue like this, majority, callous and indifferent governance has no role and all stakeholders must listen, absorb and soak in and then act with humility. There is no place for the politics of zid (stubbornness) and arrogance, ”the letter said, accusing the government of“ pushing legislation down the throats of disagreeable parliamentarians without allowing it to be tested freely and fairly by split vote ”.
The parties said that the government’s “blatant and brazen acts”, “in clear collusion with the legislative branch of our republic, are also positive proof of the lack of numbers and the lack of government support in passing the laws. law projects”.
