The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of misleading the country and the Supreme Court by claiming that pre-legislative consultations were held prior to the passage of the three farm laws and claimed this amounted to contempt of court.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi at a press conference alleged that the government changed its stand from having no information on pre-legislative consultations to suddenly claiming the laws were a result of two decades of deliberations. He said while the government has now claimed two-decades of consultations, in response to an RTI on the issue on December 22, 2020, it was stated that this CPIO does not hold any record in this matter .
New Delhi, January 13
The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of misleading the country and the Supreme Court by claiming that pre-legislative consultations were held prior to the passage of
Centre’s affidavit in SC on farm laws misleading, contempt: Congress
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AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi cited “contradictions” in a related Right to Information (RTI) replies and questioned how the affidavit could refer to “consultations over the last two decades” on agriculture reforms as examples of “pre-legislative consultations” on these particular contentious farm laws.
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New Delhi: Congress has questioned the veracity and credibility of the Centre’s affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on the pre-legislative consultations on the farm bills before they were enacted into laws. AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi cited “contradictions” in a related Right to Information (RTI) replies and questioned how the affidavit could refer to “consultations over the last two decades” on agriculture reforms as examples of “pre-legislative consultations” on these particular content
City’s coast yet to get proper sewerage facilities
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Work to linking the areas to Muttathara treatment plant on a standstill
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Work to linking the areas to Muttathara treatment plant on a standstill
Areas lying well within the city may be linked to the state-of-the-art Muttathara treatment plant but the coastal areas are yet to get connected to the plant despite it lying close to the coast.
It is more than nine years since the work on a sewerage system for the coastal areas began with a plan to link the system to the Muttathara plant. But despite laying of several kilometres of pipes in various wards along the coast, the work still remains incomplete and almost standstill.
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