CM targets Centre over passage of farm Bills, lauds suspended MPs' protests
new delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted the government over the passage of the "dangerous" farm Bills without division of votes in Rajya Sabha while lauding the sit-in protest on the Parliament premises by the eight suspended MPs. The eight Rajya Sabha members, including AAP MP Sanjay Singh, were suspended for the remaining part of the Monsoon Session over "unruly behaviour" during the passage of the farm Bills in the Upper House of Parliament.
The other MPs are Derek O'Brien (TMC), Rajeev Satav (Congress), Elamaram Kareem (CPI-M), K K Ragesh (CPI-M), Syed Nazir Hussain (Congress), Ripun Boren (Congress) and Dola Sen (TMC).
"Such a dangerous Bill was passed without division of votes. Then what is the meaning of Parliament, what is the meaning of elections? If you have to pass the law this way, then why did you call a Parliament session," Kejriwal asked in a tweet in Hindi.
Kejriwal said these eight MPs were fighting for the rights of farmers without worrying about heat, mosquitoes or other inconveniences and had spent the night protesting in the Parliament complex.
"They are not asking for anything for themselves. They are fighting for democracy and the Constitution. They are struggling for the farmers of the country," Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi. Farmers across the country are saying that these laws will end them, he added.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia compared the present government to the British colonial rulers.
"The British ruled the same way. They would commit atrocities on the farmers, labourers and businessmen. They would make black laws to perpetuate the atrocities. And when they met Gandhiji and other leaders, they (the British) would offer them tea. Our rulers are running the government in the same way still," Sisodia said in a tweet in Hindi.
He was referring to Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Singh offering tea to the protesting MPs on Tuesday morning. Moreover, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha took a shot at the Centre for publishing English advertisements in Delhi's newspapers in an attempt to "reach out to the farmers" over the legislation.
