Don’t act like mindless Oppn on farm bill: BJP to Congress
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Don’t act like mindless Oppn on farm bill: BJP to Congress
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JAIPUR: BJP state president Satish Poonia on Sunday asked Congress to slam the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020 on its merit rather than acting like mindless opposition. In a presser, Poonia highlighted the benefits of the bill and called it one of the most transformational steps taken for farmers in the post-Independence India. He reminded Congress of talking about changes in the Mandi system in their manifesto of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “Congress is busy misleading the farmers about the bill. But, first they should read their manifesto. Even Niti Aayog in its report in 2015 had advocated all the changes made by the Modi government,” said Poonia. While responding to the allegations by Congress on the bill, Poonia said that the bill doesn’t stress on going away of the existing Mandi system.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-09-21
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Jaipur