Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday moved a resolution in the legislative Assembly against the three new agriculture laws that...
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday moved a resolution in the legislative Assembly against the three new agriculture laws that were passed in Parliament last month amid chaos, PTI reported. His government also introduced three farming bills of their own to negate the central laws, after a month of protests by farmers in the state, and across the country.
The three bills introduced by Singh are: the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment Bill 2020, the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment) Bill 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment) Bill 2020.
The resolution against the central farm laws was moved by the Leader of the House on the second day of a special Assembly session convened to discuss the contentious legislations and ways of opposing them. Besides the farm laws, the resolution also contests the amendments made to the Electricity Act.
“Three farm legislations, along with proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, are clearly against the interests of farmers and landless workers, and the time-tested agriculture marketing system established not only in Punjab but also in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh,” Singh told the Assembly.
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