Farmers Movement Archive

JD(U), BJP accuse Tejashwi Yadav of violating Covid norms

PATNA: Ruling allies JD(U) and BJP on Saturday slammed the leader of opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Congress leaders for holding a dharna against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre and also for criticising CM Nitish Kumar over his agriculture policies. State JD(U) chief spokesman and former MLC Sanjay Singh said Tejashwi made the land of Mahatma Gandhi “impure” by sitting on a dharna on it and he should publicly apologise for it. He added Tejashwi also violated the law by holding dharna there when the with the permission of the administration. “Tejashwi violated the social distancing norms by holding the dharna,” Singh said, adding Tejashwi also insulted RJD state president Jagadanand Singh by making him sit near his feet. Although the Centre brought the law to abolish the Agriculture Produce Market Committee Act this year, CM Nitish Kumar had done it in 2006 to protect the farmers from the exploitation by the Bazar Samitis, Singh said. “The CM also freed the farmers from the hold of the market committees by ensuring that they could sell their farm produce anywhere and to anyone,” he added. BJP vice-president Rajib Ranjan and Kisan Morcha president Saroj Ranjan Patel said the opposition parties were doing politics on the issues facing farmers to regain their lost ground. “The Centre has been holding talks with the representatives of the farmers and it is also committed to providing the facility of MSP for the benefit of the farmers,” Patel said.

The Times of India

2020-12-06

Patna