Farmers Movement Archive

Guv gives approvalto convene specialassembly on Dec 31

Thiruvananthapuram: Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has given assent to convene special session of the state assembly on December 31. The one-hour session is being convened against Centre’s farm bill. The governor had earlier rejected the state government’s request to convene the session on December 23. The governor had written an open letter to the chief minister condemning the act of the government for putting him in the dark on the reason for convening the special session. The governor had also flayed the way the state government had to repeal the ordinances after getting the consent from the Raj Bhavan. However, after this incident, speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, parliamentary minister A K Balan and agriculture minister V S Sunilkumar had met the governor and held discussions with him. The state government had conveyed the message that it does not want to strain the relation with the governor. The chief minister himself had written a letter to the governor seeking his consent to convene the special assembly session on December 31. Now, the Raj Bhavan has given the consent as the state government had detailed about the emergency situation prevailing to discuss the farmer’s protest. The assembly session will pass a unanimous resolution against the farm bill. The UDF has also asked the government to come out with a legislation to overcome the farm bill. Already, the state government had made it clear that the stipulations brought under the new bill will not be executed in the state.

The Times of India

2020-12-29

Thiruvananthapuram