‘Can govt assure no farmer will commit suicide after passage of farm bills?’: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut took a stand in opposition to the farm payments that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeks to get handed within the Rajya Sabha on Sunday, demanding {that a} particular session have to be known as to debate them.

The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, have been tabled within the Rajya Sabha after being handed within the Lok Sabha final week.

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Raut requested the federal government whether or not it might guarantee the nation that no farmer will commit suicide and the farmers’ revenue will improve after the passage of the payments. “Can the government assure the country that after these agriculture reform bills are passed, farmers’ income will double and no farmer will commit suicide? A special session should be called to discuss these bills,” Raut stated.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured the nation on Friday that after these payments turn into legal guidelines, farmers could have extra alternatives to promote their produce with out having to fret about middlemen and that this may lead to elevated earnings.

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On September 17, the PM additionally instructed farmers that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system will stay unchanged. “A lot of power is engaged in confusing the farmers. I assure my farmer brothers and sisters that the system of MSP and government procurement will remain. These bills are really going to empower the farmers by giving them many more options. #JaiKisan,” he tweeted.

“PM has said that the government is not ending the MSP system and it is just a rumour. So, did a union minister resign on the basis of a rumour?,” Raut stated in his pitch in opposition to the payments within the Rajya Sabha.

He was referring to Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who had resigned because the Union minister for meals processing industries earlier this week in protest in opposition to the payments. Her occasion, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), is an outdated ally of the BJP.