Non-implementation will amount to betrayal of farmers: Fadnavis
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Non-implementation will amount to betrayal of farmers: Fadnavis
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said not implementing the farm Bills in Maharashtra would mean nothing less than a betrayal of farmers. He said it was the Congress that had included these Bills in its 2019 election manifesto. “How can the party oppose it now? The party should have said that it would implement the Bills if it comes to power and oppose them if another party comes to power,” he said. Congress leader H.K. Patil, who is on his first visit to the State after being appointed Maharashtra in-charge, said party leaders will be meeting Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to hand over a memorandum, demanding the withdrawal of the Bills, on Monday. “This is nothing but lies by the BJP that these Bills were part of the Congress manifesto. We never promised such draconian laws,” he said. The Maharashtra Congress is starting a month-long online campaign against the Bills from Saturday. The party will also observe October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, as Kisan Majdoor Bachao Divas and launch a month-long signature campaign.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2020-09-26
Coverage
Mumbai