Shiv Sena launched an energetic attack on the former ally BJP during the discussion on the agricultural bills
New Delhi:
The Shiv Sena launched an energetic attack against the former BJP ally during the discussion on today’s agricultural bills. Questioning the BJP’s repeated assurance that the bills will not affect the Minimum Sustenance Price of produce, one of the key areas of concern for farmers, the Sena questioned whether Akali Dal had resigned from the government just because of a “rumor. “.
The Akalis, the BJP’s senior partners who initially supported the expensive bills, left the government last week, saying a two-month discussion with the BJP on the issue has made no difference. The party, under pressure from farmers and Congress, also said it would review the association in an internal meeting.
Today, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the MSP system will not end in the country and the rumor is spreading about it … So the Shiromani Akali Dal resigned from the government only in the basis of this rumor? “
“Through these laws, two different markets are being created: within the market and outside the market … little by little, some system is passing into corporate hands,” said Raut.
With Maharashtra having one of the highest numbers of farmer suicides in the country, Raut also questioned whether the government can “assure the country that after the passage of the agricultural reform bills, farmers’ incomes will double and no farmer will commit suicide. “
The BJP insists that the Law on Trade and Trade in Agricultural Products and the Law on Guarantee of Prices and Agricultural Services are “historic” and will bring a change in the lives of farmers.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar, who presented the bills in the upper house, also reiterated the government’s guarantee that the bills will not affect the MSP.
“The MSP will continue as before. I said it in Lok Sabha and PM Modi himself has assured that the MSP will not be altered,” Tomar said.
The opposition, lacking the numbers to effectively block the bills, pressed to send them to a select committee for further discussion and possible redrafting.
Raut, whose party ended its 35-year alliance with the BJP on power-sharing in Maharashtra, insisted today that a special session should be called to discuss these bills.
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