Arvind Kejriwal accuses Centre of trying to reintroduce revoked farm laws as ‘policies’
The Aam Aadmi Party chief also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would be held responsible if something happens to protesting farmers in Punjab.
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Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday claimed that the Centre is preparing to implement the three revoked farm laws “through the backdoor”, terming them “policies”.
In a social media post, he alleged that the Union government had sent copies of these new “policies” to all state governments for their views.
The Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government criticised the newly introduced draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing, labelling it an attempt to reintroduce the three contentious farm laws that were revoked in November 2021 after a year-long protest by farmers, according to PTI.
The draft policy says it aims “to build a vibrant marketing ecosystem in the country wherein farmers of all categories find a market of their choice to realise best price for their produce”.
It was uploaded by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare on its website on November 25, inviting comments from stakeholders within 15 days.
Critics, including farm leaders, the Punjab government and other Opposition leaders alleged similarities between the draft policy and the three revoked farm laws.
Critics have pointed out similarities between the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act – one of the revoked laws – and the new framework, highlighting that both spoke about farmers selling their produce outside the Agricultural Produce Market Committee which is a...
