As Farm Bills Are Repealed With Discussion, Omar Abdullah, Jairam Ramesh And Other Opposition Leaders Slam Modi Government

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The Congress has attacked the  Modi government over the passage of the farm laws repeal bill in the Lok Sabha without a discussion, charging that all parliamentary norms have been ‘thrown to the wind’. A bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been protesting for over a year, was passed by the Lok Sabha within minutes of introduction on the first day of the Winter session

Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked why the government was shying away from a discussion on the bill, when the opposition was supporting them.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the government passed the bill as it did not want any accountability. “Three anti-agriculture laws were passed in Parliament without discussion and have been repealed without discussion.

‘A debate would make the PM and the BJP answerable for Conspiracy to sell the farming sector at the altar of Crony Friends; Sacrifice of 700 farmers; Not giving MSP,’ Surjewala charged in a tweet.

Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, said, ‘Modi Sarkar wants to push through the three farm laws repeal Bill today in Parliament WITHOUT any debate. The passage of the laws 16 months ago was most undemocratic. The manner of repeal is even more so. The Opposition demands a discussion before repeal.’

Omar Abdullah former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister tweeted, Passed without discussion; repealed without discussion. A new model of democracy for a new India.