Bharatiya Kisan Union challenges new farm laws in Supreme Court
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BKU president Bhanu Pratap Singh alleged that the laws would lead to commercialisation and cartelisation in agriculture, affecting the country’s food security.
Farmers stir: Bhartiya Kisan Union moves SC, says new laws will make farmers vulnerable to corporate greed
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Kisan Union on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the three farm laws which has triggered farmers’ protests in the country. BKU president Bhanu Pratap Singh alleged that the laws would lead to commercialisation and cartelisation in agriculture, affecting the country’s food security. The law would lead to dismantling of the state procurement system’s protective ring for farmers and expose them to exploitation and leave them at the mercy of an unregulated market dominated by unscrupulous big players, the plea said.
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700 press conferences, 100 meetings: BJP info blitz to snuff out farmersâ agitation
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NEW DELHI: Even as the farmersâ protests entered the 17th day, the ruling BJP dispensation on Friday decided to launch a massive counter-offensive across the country in support of the three contentious farm laws to assert that the peasants are being misled.
As part of its information blitz, it will organise 700 meetings of farmers all over the country and hold 100 press conferences to convince the people that the three laws were brought after much deliberation and study, the party sources said.
Union ministers will also take part in this communication drive to spell out the government stand on issues raised by the agitating farmers.
Farmers’ body moves SC against farm laws, seeks impleadment in pending plea PTI
New Delhi: Amid continuing protests at Delhi borders against the Centre’s three new agri laws, farmers’ body ‘Bhartiya Kisan Union Bhanu’ (BKUB) has moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene as a party in a pending plea challenging the constitutional validity the legislations.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Justice S A Bobde, October 12, had issued a notice to the Centre by agreeing to test the validity of the laws on the pleas filed by RJD lawmaker from Rajya Sabha, Manoj Jha and DMK Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, Tiruchi Siva, and one by Rakesh Vaishnav of Chhattisgarh Kisan Congress.