Farmers Movement Archive

Won’t allow passage of farm laws in Uttar Pradesh assembly session: Mayawati

LUCKNOW: Announcing that her party would work to ensure that the state government was not able to implement the three new farm laws in at least Uttar Pradesh, BSP chief Mayawati said that she has directed her party legislators to take up the issue of the farm bills, law and order situation in UP and harassment of dalits during the assembly session that is to start from Tuesday. “I have asked my legislators to take up issues pertaining to public welfare, especially the three farm laws which BSP has been opposing since the beginning as the Centre drafted them without taking farmers into confidence. Despite our protests, the Centre has not taken back the laws, so we will do whatever possible to ensure that they are not implemented in the state at least,” she said. She said that among other issues that BSP would raise in the assembly include the poor law and order situation in UP which the government is claiming in media has improved significantly but it is also known that law and order was actually the best under the BSP government. “We will also take up the issue of regular harassment of dalits, backwards and other marginalised communities. The media shows one or two events while the fact is that nobody, including women are safe in the state. Along with this, Covid victims and now even flood victims are being ignored by the state government,” she said.

The Times of India

2021-08-17

Lucknow