Rajasthan govt to convene special assembly session; Aims to introduce bills negating farm laws

Rajasthan government is preparing to tread the same path as Punjab by enacting bills against the recent Farm laws by the central government. A meeting of Council of Ministers in Rajasthan decided to call a special session of the legislative assembly to discuss the impact of centre's farm laws and enact bills to protect the interests of farmers in the State.

Jaipur (Rajasthan):Protests are continuing against the three farm laws which were recently passed by the central government. The three laws have led to more political upheaval than the protest against them by the farmers themselves. Amidst the politics, Punjab has introduced a bill in the Assembly, diluting clauses in the Acts passed by the centre. The Gehlot government of Rajasthan has also agreed to tread the same path as Punjab. Gehlot has also decided in the meeting of the Council of Ministers in CMR that his government will also introduce a bill to make all three laws ineffective. Preparations are underway to call an assembly session regarding this.

Apart from the storm in the corridors of politics, leaders of farmers' organisations are giving mixed opinions on the whole matter. While they are demanding some amendment in the law, they are also clearly saying that there should not be politics on this as it is about the livelihoods of farmers in the country.

According to Krishna Kumar Saharan, the state president and farmer leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, the Punjab government also passed a bill in this regard so that farmers can get the minimum support price for their crops. He said the government should also amend the bills to bring other crops and vegetables under the purview of MSP. Farmer leader KK Saharan said that the farmer will be able to prosper only if he gets the full value of his produce.

Farmer leader Phoolchand Barbarwal said the Central Agricultural Law is in the interest of farmers, but certain amendments are required in these laws. According to him, if the central government enacts a law to assure the farmers the guarantee on the support price, then the farmers will definitely get relief. Phoolchand said that only a few crops are included in the purchase on the support price, in such a situation the government should include other commodities in the existing laws so that the farmer will be assured to get the right price for every produce.

It is noteworthy to mention that a meeting was held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Rajasthan's chief minister Ashok Gehlot, in which the impact of three new laws on farmers was discussed. The Council of Ministers decided that in the interest of the farmers of the State that a special session of the Assembly be called soon to preserve the interests of the farmers. The session will discuss the impact of the laws will be discussed. Bills against the anti-farmer agriculture laws will be passed during this session.