Opposition members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution say they were not consulted before adopting the report calling for the implementation of the Essential Commodities Amendment (ECA) Act. Parties opposing agricultural unions calling for the repeal of the law were part of the committee to “cheat the peasants”.
The committee is headed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudeep Bandyopadhyay and includes members of Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Samajwadi Party, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena, all of whom called for repeal of the three agricultural laws. Have done , Including the ECA Act.
However, the report adopted by the committee states that the law will “become a catalyst for unlocking vast untapped resources in the agricultural sector” and recommends that the government implement the law “in letter and spirit, and without or hindrance” is. The report of Price Rise of Essential Commodities was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Mr. Bandyopadhyay was not present for the final meeting of the committee on Thursday 18 March, when the report was adopted. Instead, the last meeting was chaired by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ajay Mishra.
TMC MP Derek O’Brien tweeted, “This is a cheap and dirty job of the BJP.” “The con job was done when the chairman of the parliament committee was not in the meeting,” he said, adding that the party’s position against the laws was well documented.
Congress MP Saptagiri Ulka says that he was not present in the meeting, although his name is in the list of people present in the minutes enclosed in the report. “The 18th meeting was called at a very short notice. I got a call at around 9 o’clock [on 17th] To inform about this. The draft report, running in 100 pages, also descended around that time. I could not attend the 18th meeting because I had to be in the Lok Sabha to discuss the grant, ”he said. Hindu.
He has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, disassociating himself from the report. Fellow Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan also missed the meeting on 18 March as he was contesting the state elections in his constituency in Kerala. He wrote a similar letter to Mr. Birla stating that the committee had held meetings on the subject for a cumulative time of less than five hours from December 2019 and oral testimony from any farmer group or independent expert Failed to take. Before reaching its conclusion.
“I completely disassociate myself with this recommendation, and file my disagreement with the report, in line with the stand expressed by the Indian National Congress in both houses of Parliament and in various press conferences and public meetings,” Where we have opposed the dent. Implementation of the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
“It is unprecedented that a report is adopted in the absence of the Speaker. This has never happened in my 17 years as an MP, ”said Jairam Ramesh, chief whip of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha.
AAP MP Bhagwant Mann was present at the meeting on 18 March, but he said Hindu Their opposition was not taken into consideration. “I have opposed the bill in the Lok Sabha itself, why won’t I oppose it in the committee?” But I am one of only 20 members. Why didn’t others oppose the report? ” He asked.
The report sharply criticized the opposition of farm unions. “It is absolutely disgraceful that many parties who claim to have supported the farmers’ movement to repeal the three agricultural laws have voted for the implementation of the ECAA. This exposes the broad consensus among these parties on these laws, ”a statement from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) said.
The Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha said, “The TMC, which claims to oppose the three anti-farmer acts and also passes a resolution in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, should explain how the committee headed by its leader betrayed the farmers. is.” Which is associated with the Communist Party of India, the Congress and other parties also have a lot to answer for.
The implementation of the three laws was suspended by the Supreme Court two months ago. A court-appointed committee investigating the issue is likely to submit its report in the next few days.
The trade unions will mark the four-month anniversary of their protest, supported by trade unions and some transporters and traders groups, with a nationwide strike on 26 March. In a meeting on Saturday, SKM decided that all services, except emergency services, would be inactive from 6 am to 6 pm, with plans to block road and rail transport. The bandh will also take place inside Delhi, stating for the first time that protests are planned within the national capital since the tractor parade on Republic Day.
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