Published: Friday, January 8, 2021, 14:44 [IST]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 08: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Friday flayed the contentious farm laws passed by the Centre, against which farmers are on the warpath in Delhi, saying it would undermine regulated markets and help the corporates.
Khan read in full length the remarks against thefarm laws, against which the Kerala Assembly had unanimously passed a resolution on December 31 demanding its immediate withdrawal. The governor also attacked the central investigating agencies,probing various allegations against the state governmentprogrammes, saying they have "overstepped the constitutional contours".
The remarks against the farm laws and central agencies were part of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government's policy address during the beginning of the budget session at the state Assembly, and Khan did not omit the portions critical of the Union government's policies and the actions of its probe agencies.