“Will try not to implement agricultural bills in Maharashtra”: Congress, NCP (representation)
Pune:
The Nationalist Congress and Congress Party (NCP), which is part of the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, said on Friday it would try to ensure that agricultural reform bills were not implemented. work in the state.
Speaking in Pune, Deputy Chief Minister and NCP Leader Ajit Pawar said farmers as well as NCP and other parties were against the new bills.
“Farmers think the laws are not good for them. There was no rush (to pass them),” he said.
Asked if they would be implemented in Maharashtra, he said, “We will try to make sure that they are not, but at the same time we will have to see what new problems arise.
“We are investigating what can happen if the case goes to court,” Pawar said, adding that the government has also sought advice from the legal department.
He had held a meeting on the issue attended by Minister of Water Resources Jayant Patil, Minister of Cooperation Balasaheb Patil, leaders of Mathadi workers (head loaders who work in APMCs) and other parties. stakeholders, he added.
Earlier in the day, the head of the state Congress and the Minister of Revenue, Balasaheb Thorat, said they would “work together and take a decision on not implementing the new agricultural bills”.
State Congress leaders will meet with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on September 28 to discuss the issue, while on October 2 there will be a statewide unrest against the new bills, he said. -he adds.
Congress wanted agricultural sector bills as well as labor reform bills to be scrapped, Thorat said.
“The new bills aim to abolish Agricultural Products Market Committees (APMCs). The government wants to tear down the APMC system and hand the marketing system over to traders.
For this reason, farmers will not get the minimum support price. Even the (old) labor protection laws are being repealed, ”he said.
The Minister for Persons with Disabilities and another congressional leader Ashok Chavan said the new bills would only benefit the wealthy and businesses.
Several farmer groups called for a nationwide shutdown on Friday against the three agricultural sector bills awaiting the president’s approval.
The three bills are the Agricultural Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill of 2020, the Agreement on Price Assurance and Farmers’ Agricultural Services (Empowerment and Protection), 2020 and the Essential Products (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
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