Farm bills Modi govt’s ‘death warrant’ for farmers: Rahul Gandhi
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Farm bills Modi govt’s ‘death warrant’ for farmers: Rahul Gandhi
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NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday dubbed the controversial agriculture bills as Modi government’s “death warrant” for farmers as Congress upped its protest by calling passage of the bills a “black day” for democracy. The party also said the bills would be struck down by the Supreme Court as they dealt with subjects which were in the domain of states. Congress member Ahmed Patel said, “First, the government brought an amendment to the Land Acquisition Act but had to withdraw it in the face of farmers’ protest. When the government could not give land to corporates, they have brought bills to hand over farming to big capitalists.” Dismissing the assurances on MSP, Patel argued that when mandis were abolished, the support price would automatically end. “The PM is making baseless statements on MSP,” he said. Congress chief whip Jairam Ramesh said, “The dictatorial attitude of the chair (Harivansh) in not wanting to get a sense of the House... to extend the session beyond the scheduled 1pm led to bedlam and chaos. The bills were passed in the din without voting. Why the tearing urgency?” He alleged government managers unilaterally slashed the agreed time for discussion by 45 minutes.
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The Times of India
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2020-09-21
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India