Ahead Of Winter Session, Union Cabinet Likely To Approve Bill For Farm Laws Repeal On Nov 24: Report

 Following the prime minister’s announcement, the government will bring bills for the withdrawal of the three farm laws in Parliament.

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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to take up the bills for withdrawal of the three farm laws for approval on Wednesday i.e. November 24, news agency PTI credited sources in the government as saying.

This comes in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise announcement on Friday where he said that the government is going to withdraw the contentious agrarian laws in the interest of the nation.

The Union Cabinet is likely to take up the bills for withdrawal of the three farm laws for approval on Wednesday, sources in the government told PTI.

These bills shall then be introduced in the forthcoming session of Parliament, they added.

The winter session of the Parliament is set to commence from November 29.

 Following the prime minister’s announcement, the government will bring bills for the withdrawal of the three agrarian laws in Parliament.

Hundreds of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, are encamped at Delhi borders since November last year demanding that the government repeal the three agrarian laws -- Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers’ (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

Apart from the repeal of farm laws, a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been one of the major demands of the farmers.

“I have come to tell you that we have decided to repeal the three farm laws. In the upcoming Parliament session starting at the end of this month, we will complete the constitutional process to repeal the three farm laws,” PM Modi had said, addressing the nation on the occasion of Gurupurab.

Demanding the withdrawal of the laws, agitating farmers sitting at three sites on Delhi’s borders since November last year have said they will stay put till Parliament repeals them.

Meanwhile, Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the union of various farmers’ bodies has stated that it will hold another meeting on November 27 to decide the future course of action while the planned march to Parliament by farmers on November 29 will go ahead as per schedule, farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference at the Singhu border following the core-committee meeting, Rajewal said, “We discussed the repeal of farm laws. After this, some decisions were taken. SKM’s pre-decided programs will continue as it is. Kisan panchayat will be held in Lucknow on November 22, gatherings at all borders on November 26 and march to Parliament on November 29”.

Farmer leaders have maintained that the protesters will stay put at border areas of Delhi until the Union government formally repeals these laws in Parliament. They have also indicated that their stir for a statutory guarantee of MSP and withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill will continue.

(With Agency Inputs)