Raut Gives Zero Hour Notice in RS | Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over farmers’ agitation over ban on the export of onion.
CPI(M) MP KK Ragesh has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over non-payment of GST compensation to states.
BJP MP Ashok Bajpai has given Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over ‘the issue of missing children.’
‘Important Moment for Farmers’: PM Modi Hails Passing of Farm Bills | Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the passing of two bills related to the agriculture sector in the Lok Sabha as an “important moment for farmers” and termed protests as “misleading” farmers. On the issue of growing protests among farmers over the Bills, Modi said the legislatures will empower them by giving them more options. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill were passed by voice vote as the Congress, DMK and Revolutionary Socialist Party members staged a walkout. READ MORE
Bills Passed Challenge Pillars of ‘Food Security System’: Chidambaram | Two farmer-related Ordinances have been approved by the Lok Sabha. Farmers of Punjab and Haryana are on the streets protesting. Captures the distance between the people and the government! The two Ordinances challenge the three pillars of our still-imperfect ‘food security system’. They are (1) MSP; (2) public procurement; and (3) PDS. The grave flaw in the Ordinances is that they do not stipulate that the price which the farmer gets ‘shall not be less than the MSP’. States were not consulted. The passage of the laws is a huge blow dealt by the BJP government to States’ rights and federalism. Farmers in Tamil Nadu have told me that they are selling paddy at Rs 850 to private traders against an MSP of Rs 1,150. State government must explain: Congress leader P Chidambaram.
BSP Doesn’t Agree With Bills Passed: Mayawati | Two bills related to farmers have been passed in Parliament without removing all their doubts. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) does not agree to that. What do farmers across the country want? If the Central government pays attention to this, it will be better: BSP supremo Mayawati.
संसद में किसानों से जुड़े दो बिल, उनकी सभी शंकाओं को दूर किये बिना ही, कल पास कर दिये गये हैं। उससे बी.एस.पी. कतई भी सहमत नहीं है। पूरे देश का किसान क्या चाहता है? इस ओर केन्द्र सरकार जरूर ध्यान दे तो यह बेहतर होगा।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati)September 18, 2020
We have decided to hold a ‘rail roko’ agitation from September 24 to 26 against the three agriculture ordinances: Sarwan Singh Pandher, General Secretary, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in Punjab.
RECAP | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) member Harsimrat Kaur Badal has resigned from the Union Cabinet in protest against three farm sectors bills. Her resignation came soon after her husband and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly opposed the bills in Lok Sabha, claiming that they will “destroy” the agriculture sector in Punjab, and announced that the Union minister will quit the government in protest. In her four-page resignation letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kaur said despite her persistent pleas and repeated efforts from her party, the Central government has not taken farmers on board regarding these bills.
Harsimrat Badal’s Resignation Mere Theatrics: Cong | The Congress on Thursday termed Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Badal’s resignation from the Union cabinet as theatrics and asked why she did not oppose the farm-related ordinances when they were cleared by the Cabinet. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh dubbed her resignation as “theatrics”, saying it is “too late, too little”. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked why the Akali Dal is still a part of the NDA coalition and why Badal has not resigned from the Lok Sabha in protest against the farm legislations.
Tomar to Replace Badal as Minister of Food Processing Industries | President Ram Nath Kovind, on advise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accepts the resignation of Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Council of Ministers, with immediate effect, under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution. Further, the President has directed that Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in addition to his existing portfolios.
Source: News18