10.01 am: The Rajya Sabha is all set for a stormy session today over the three contentious farms bills. The Bharatiya Janata Party has rea...
10.01 am: The Rajya Sabha is all set for a stormy session today over the three contentious farms bills. The Bharatiya Janata Party has reached out to its regional allies for support while the Congress and other Opposition parties are likely to unitedly oppose the bills in the Upper House.
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9.57 am: Communist Party of India (Marxist) legislator KK Ragesh, Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s T Siva have moved an amendment to send the two bills to Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha, reports ANI.
9.47 am: The Congress says it will oppose the bills. “It is very clear that this government’s motive is to destroy our farmers and help the corporate sector,” Congress MP KC Venugopal says, according to ANI. Our party has decided to oppose the agriculture bills. The government has to reconsider the bills, at least they should have sent it to select committee.”
9.46 am: “The two bills are historic and will bring a change in the lives of the farmers,” he says, according to ANI. “The farmers will be able to freely trade their produce anywhere in the country. I want to assure the farmers that these bills are...
