SC-appointed panel was against repealing 3 farm laws, in favour of removing Essential Commodities Act - The bilateral interactions of the committee with stakeholders demonstrated that only 13.3 per cent of the stakeholders were not in favour of 3 laws.
The Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws is scheduled to hold its first meeting on January 19 at Pusa campus here, one of its members Anil Ghanwat said on Sunday
: Friday, January 15, 2021, 2:30 AM IST
The SC panel to look into farm laws may well be stillborn, with one of the four members it nominated calling it quits
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The Supreme Court-appointed panel to mediate the dispute over the farm reform laws may well be stillborn. Even before its constitution, one of the four members nominated by the court on Tuesday has resigned. Bhupinder Singh Mann, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, who came under pressure from the protesting farmers, said his proBhupinder Singh Mann, president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, who came under pressure from the protesting farmers, said his pro-reform views rendered him unfit to sit on a committee meant to resolve the impasse between them and the Government-reform views rendered him unfit to sit on a committee meant to resolve the impasse between them and the Government.
Farm laws: Bhupinder Singh Mann receives threats from Canada after quitting SC panel
The Bhartiya Kisan Union also tweeted an unsigned text statement purportedly issued by Bhupinder Singh Mann.
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Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 06:59 PM IST
Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four experts who was nominated by the Supreme Court for negotiations with farmers, is allegedly receiving threats from Canada after recusing himself from the SC-appointed panel. Mann, who is the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), said on Thursday that he is recusing himself from the panel.
In a tweet, the Bhartiya Kisan Union said, Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex-MP and national president of BKU and chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee has recused himself from the four-member committee constituted by the Hon ble Supreme Court.