The Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew its August order to implement the new farm laws after Congress threatened to boycott the cabinet meeting.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led government was already in a dilemma over the implementation of the farm reform laws, which were recently passed by Parliament, after Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) opposed the farm laws. in the state, calling them “anti-farmer”.
Last week, Maharashtra Chief Deputy Minister and PNC Leader Ajit Pawar announced that the state government would not implement the agricultural reform laws.
The chief deputy minister and PNC leader Ajit Pawar announced last week that the state government would not implement agricultural laws in the state. On Monday, the head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, recommended to the states governed by the party that they inspect all possibilities of legislation under article 254 (2) of the Constitution to deny the “anti-agricultural laws” and avoid the “grave injustice “that is committed against farmers. .
The head of the Maharashtra Congress, Balasaheb Thorat, had previously claimed that the three ruling parties had opposed the bills. The parties were to raise the issue at the cabinet meeting, which is held today.
The Upper House of Parliament recently passed farm reform laws amid uproar and protests from opposition parties in the chamber. Since then, opposition parties and various farmer groups across India have been holding protests against the laws.
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