‘Farmers being misled over new agriculture bill’ says Rajnath Singh
After the Lok Sabha, six cabinet ministers held a press conference on behalf of the government after two agriculture bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha and there was uproar in the House by the Opposition. Rajnath Singh said that the opposition’s ruckus in Rajya Sabha was shameful. The opposition should take responsibility. ‘Whatever happened today has never happened in parliamentary history. The agricultural bill is historic for farmers, farmers are being misled.’
He said that ‘everyone has seen the misconduct that occurred when members tore the manual and went to the pedestal. I have never seen such misconduct in Parliament. The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is committed to values, such a behavior is not expected in a healthy democracy. What is being done by spreading misunderstanding between the general public and common farmers is not good for healthy democracy. After this bill goes into effect, the farmer can sell his grain wherever he wants. The government is not ending the MSP ‘.
Uproar in opposition
The opposition created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha on Sunday when the government insisted on passing two bills related to agriculture. Some opposition members, led by Trinamool Congress members, came close to the Deputy Chairmman. The meeting was postponed for some time due to the uproar.
Members of various parties, including the Trinamool Congress, Congress and the Left, created a ruckus when Deputy Chairman Harivansh did not take note of their demand for division of votes on the proposal to send the two Bills to the Select Committee.
Earlier, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad demanded that the reply to the discussion on the two Bills be postponed for tomorrow as the scheduled time for the meeting on Sunday has ended.
When the meeting resumed after a one-time adjournment, the House gave voice approval to the Agricultural Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Simplification) Bill-2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Price Assurance Agreement and Agreement on Agricultural Services Bill-2020 Granted At that time, the opposition was still in the house.
