Parliament proceedings | Opposition MPs target government on farm laws in Lok Sabha
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Opposition members, whereas taking part in the movement of thanks debate to the President’s handle in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, focused the Modi government over the farm laws, with former Union minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Harsimrat Kaur Badal accusing the government of changing into ‘inhuman’ to not see the plight of farmers.
Defending the farm laws, BJP Meenakshi Lekhi stated they have been introduced in to finish farmers suicides in India. The proven fact that the world is now discussing the protests in India over the farm laws as a substitute of the corona virus signifies that there’s a global conspiracy to defame India, she added.
Ms Lekhi alleged that the farmers’ protest was “a Molotov cocktail of Khalistanis, PFI [Popular Front of India] and ISI [Inter Services Intelligence] agendas at the behest of masters sitting in Beijing.”
Ms. Badal of SAD, who give up the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the farm laws, stated when the laws have been first introduced in as ordinances by the Modi government, she had urged her cupboard colleagues to have wider session. “We were told that it [consultations] will happen, when we bring a law,” she recalled.
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The SAD chief additionally claimed that she had submitted a letter to the Agriculture Minister towards the farm laws after she had ascertained the views of the farmers. Ms. Badal stated whereas the farmers are braving the biting chilly of Delhi for over 70 days on the borders of Delhi, the government has shut its eyes and ears.
“Yes, I was in the government for the past six years but when the government becomes inhuman, what’s the point of staying in such a government,” Ms. Badal stated.
She additionally questioned the intelligence failure in stopping the January 26 violence and identified that it was recognized a day earlier than (January 25) that there was name to deviate from the laid down route and transfer in direction of Red Fort.
Another former NDA ally, Hanuman Beniwal of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, stated the BJP pays a value for his or her conceitedness in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Trinamool’s Saugata Roy accused Union ministers of resorting to “political tourism” in West Bengal and accused the BJP of following a divisive agenda. Referring to Prime Minister Modi getting emotional in the Rajya Sabha whereas giving a farewell speech for Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mr Roy urged Mr Modi to shed a number of tears additionally for the farmers who died in the course of the farm protests.
Countering Mr Modi’s aandolan-jivi [professional protester] jibe, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi stated, “Yes there will be andolans (agitation) as Narendra Modi is not the emperor and those days are gone.”
Danish Ali of the Bahujan Samaj Party stated that although his social gathering believes towards any worldwide interference in India’s inner matter, he reminded the House that Prime Minister Modi had used the slogan of Abki Baar Trump Sarkar slogan in the United States throughout his go to.
BJP’s Rita Bahuguna Joshi hailed Mr Modi for his foresight in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic and asserted that the Prime Minister has been steadfast in his resolve to serve the poor and farmers.
