Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

SAD wants LS to suspend all biz, repeal 3 farm laws

Lok Sabha must discuss the situation arising after the enactment of the three farm laws, says MP Harsimrat Kaur

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday sought an adjournmen­t to the listed business of Lok Sabha and discuss the situation issue arising over the enactment of the three farm laws by the House, last year. The monsoon session of Parliament starts tomorrow.

Seeking the adjournmen­t through a motion, to the Lok Sabha speaker, SAD MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that these three bills had been “pushed through the house in disregard of the opposition by the stakeholde­rs – farmers, farm labourers and traders”.

She also demanded that the House to include the names of the “martyrs of the farmers movement” and pay them tributes, when the obituaries are read out.

“They have laid down their lives in a peaceful, democratic movement fighting for the just cause of the farmers and the farm labourers. The House must express solidarity with the farmers as well as regret the hardships faced and sacrifices made by them. This House must acknowledg­e their martyrdom,” she added.

“The three farm laws are in violation of the spirit of federalism as envisaged by the founding fathers of the Constituti­on of the nation, as agricultur­e is a state subject,” she added.

In her letter, Harsimrat pointed to the national outrage against these bills which have since been signed into laws despite opposition by millions of farmers of the country battling severe weather and adverse market conditions. just for survival.

“Several hundred farmers and mazdoors have lost their lives in this struggle against the Central laws. The Central government has refused to show the sensitivit­y expected of a responsibl­e and democratic­ally elected government. Never in the history of free India has the country witnessed such outrage against a legislatio­n,” the letter adds.

 ?? PTI ?? SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal arrives to attend an all-party meeting, a day before the monsoon session of Parliament begins, in New Delhi on Monday.
PTI SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal arrives to attend an all-party meeting, a day before the monsoon session of Parliament begins, in New Delhi on Monday.

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