Congress MPs protest outside Parliament by burning copies of Farm Bills
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Congress MPs protest outside Parliament by burning copies of Farm Bills
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Chandigarh: Congress MPs from Punjab burnt copies of the agriculture Bills proposed by the Centre inside the Parliament complex as part of the party’s protest on Thursday. Accusing SAD-BJP of being “anti-farmer”, the farmers carried posters in Hindi saying “I’m a farmer, farm labourer, don’t cheat me.” The protesting Congress MPs, including Ravneet Singh Bittu, Gurjit Singh Aujla, Jasbir Singh Gill and Amar Singh, burnt copies of the bills. “Parkash Singh Badal had burnt copies of the Constitution and we are setting the Bills on fire. You (SAD-BJP) are trying to harm the farmers who fed the entire country and we will oppose it,” they said. The Congress party also staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue. They raised slogans against the BJP and demanded that the “anti-farmer” ‘black” Bill be withdrawn. A delegation of Punjab Congress had met with the governor to seek withdrawal of the Farm Bills on Wednesday. The party has been opposing the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 that the NDA government has proposed in the Parliament.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-09-18
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Chandigarh