‘Laws Are Made And Unmade Without Prior Cabinet Approval’: Alleges P Chidambaram On Farm Laws

Mumbai: Attacking Prime Minister over his announcement on the three contentious farm laws Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday has accused the Modi govt of making and unmaking laws without holding a Cabinet meeting.

In a tweet, The former Union Minister asked, “Where were these worthy leaders and their wise advice in the last 15 months? Did you notice that the PM made the announcement without holding a Cabinet meeting?

“It is only under the BJP that laws are made and unmade without prior Cabinet approval,” he went on to allege.

P Chidambaram further wrote, “Home Minister hailed the PM’s announcement as showing ‘remarkable statesmanship’. BJP President said that PM has ‘immense care for farmers’. Defence Minister said that PM had taken the decision considering the ‘welfare of the farmers’.”

The Congress leader’s remarks have come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Central government will repeal the three contentious farm laws as they failed to ‘convince farmers’ that has sparked almost a year of massive protests by farmers.

The three contentious farm laws -Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; (2) Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020; and (3)Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 was enacted by the Parliament in September 2020.

Since November 2020, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have been camping outside Delhi, demanding that the laws be withdrawn. There had been several rounds of talks between the farmer leaders and the Centre but the impasse remained.

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