Centre should call special Parliament session to discuss farmers' issue: D Raja

Amid continuous protest by farmers over the new farm laws, D Raja, General Secretary of the CPI, echoed his voice to call a special session of the Parliament to discuss the issue. He also alleged that these farms laws were passed in the most undemocratic way.

New Delhi:With the agitating farmers remain rigid on their demand to repeal the three controversial farm laws enacted by the central government, Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Saturday demanded a special session of the Parliament to discuss the issue.

"Let there be a special Parliament session to discuss the demand being raised by farmers," said Raja and adding that now farmers are quite clear and they believe that these farm laws have to be withdrawn and repelled."

Earlier, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary also demanded for a special session of the Parliament.

After four round of inconclusive talks between the Central government and farmers' delegation, both sides sat for the fifth time in New Delhi on Saturday to resolve the matter.

Significantly, before meeting farmers' leaders, many of the Union Ministers called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the morning and discussed the situation.

Raja said that the way these legislations were passed in the Parliament, "it was in the most undemocratic way."

"They should have discussed with farmers earlier. There is a Parliament and Parliamentary Standing Committee. The government could have discussed the issue earlier...Now they are asking farmers to give suggestions and opinions," said Raja.

He said, "The government should understand that farmers, irrespective of their political affiliations, are demanding the withdrawal of these three farm legislations. Farmers understand that these Agri laws are neither going to help them nor to the country."

Raja also said that these agricultural laws will jeopardise the agriculture sector in India.

"There will be total corporatisation of farmers and they will come under the command of the big corporates and agriculture business houses. They are not going to remunerate the farming communities and that is why the question of the MSP has been raised," he added.