8.30 am: Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi accuses the Narendra Modi government of having “misled” the Supreme Court on pre-legislative con...
8.30 am: Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi accuses the Narendra Modi government of having “misled” the Supreme Court on pre-legislative consultations it claimed to have held before passing the farm laws. He cites a response given by the Centre under the Right to Information Act, saying that there is no record of pre-legislative consultations on the three laws.
Singhvi says the Centre’s affidavit before the top court is an attempt to “prevaricate, distort, misrepresent and mislead” the Supreme Court and the nation.
My press briefing today from AICC on how the government misled the apex court and the country re pre legislative consultations on the three farm laws https://t.co/VZKBeyjRyB
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) January 13, 2021
8.28 am: Vijay Chhabra, the BJP chief of Punjab’s Faridkot district, has quit the party to join its former ally Shiromani Akali Dal because of the farm laws, reports The Indian Express.
“I have quit the party to express my support to farmers and Punjabiyat,” says Chhabra. “Though farm ordinance was tabled in the month of June, and I have left the party after six months of protests by farmers on this issue, earlier I was fighting for farmers while staying within the party.”
8.20 am: The Narendra Modi government is yet to decide whether to hold its next round of negotiations...
