Govt must earn farmers’ trust, shelve pollution ordinance & power bill before talks: Congress MPs
Besides demanding the repeal of the three farm legal guidelines, the agitating farmers need the federal government to withdraw the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 and to shelve the Electricity Amendment Bill.
Addressing a press convention on the Congress headquarters right here, Bittu stated, “The government should stop being arrogant and should repeal the laws relating to power dues and stubble burning penalty.”
The two Congress MPs from Punjab accused the federal government of being insensitive in the direction of farmers and requested what number of of them must sacrifice their lives before the difficulty is resolved.
Bittu stated that until the time the farmers’ problem is resolved, Prime minister Narendra Modi and his cupboard colleagues ought to sleep on the ground to empathise with the farmers protesting within the chilly.
Bittu alleged that the prime minister was not repealing the legal guidelines due to his “stubbornness” and stated governments act for the welfare of individuals and never in opposition to their pursuits.
The Congress leaders stated throughout the prime minister’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio tackle on Sunday, they protested by beating ‘thalis’ at Jantar Mantar.
Bittu stated farmers’ sons who’re defending the borders of the nation are asking many times when their mother and father would return residence.
Gill stated the agitation has introduced collectively the farmers of Haryana and Punjab who, historically, haven’t been on the identical web page over the sharing of river waters.
He attacked the BJP governments in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand for registering circumstances in opposition to protesting farmers.
“The farmers are not afraid of these cases. The prime minister must repeal the laws,” he stated.
“You will not lose if you take back the laws. Acknowledging a wrong means being courageous. Your stature will grow by conceding to the farmers’ demand,” he advised the prime minister.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and another states have been protesting at varied border factors of Delhi in opposition to the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
Enacted in September, the three farm legal guidelines have been projected by the central authorities as main reforms within the agriculture sector that may take away the middlemen and permit farmers to promote anyplace within the nation.
However, the protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that the brand new legal guidelines would pave the best way for eliminating the security cushion of Minimum Support Price and get rid of the mandi system, leaving them on the mercy of massive corporates.
