Farmers Movement Archive

Mamata govt. should take a stand on farm laws: Oppn.

The Trinamool Congress should make its stand on farm Bills passed by the Centre clear by bringing a Bill in West Bengal Legislative Assembly, the Left parties and Congress leadership said here on Monday. Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Abdul Mannan and Leader of Left Legislature party Sujan Chakraborty said a session of the Assembly should be convened immediately to pass a Bill to make the laws passed by Centre not applicable in the State. Both pointed out that several States like Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala and Chhattisgarh have passed legislation to make the Central laws ineffective there. “We have written three letters in the past few months seeking the convening of the Assembly but the State government has not listened to us. It is clearly double standards by the Trinamool Government not to pass such laws,” Mr. Chakraborty said. The Communist Party of India(Marxist) MLA added that the TMC government has passed two Bills making the same provision effective in the State as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government has passed. Met Governor Earlier in the day, Mr. Mannan met Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on the issue of law and order situation. “Abdul Mannan, Leader of Opposition, called on me today at Raj Bhawan. He expressed serious concern at rise in political violence and decline in law and order @MamataOfficial. He deprecated politically inspired police postings @WBPolice and stressed need of fair elections. Governor over the law-and-order situation,” the Governor tweeted. Mr. Mannan said that he raised the issue of transfer of police officers and expressed apprehension that these are not routine transfers but made keeping in mind the upcoming Assembly polls in the State.

The Hindu

2020-12-15

Kolkata