Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that there was unanimity on the issue as both the Government and Opposition parties wanted to nullify the legislation.

Speaking after both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill-2021 on the first day of the Winter Session, Tomar, however, suggested that a discussion on the bill could have started in Lok Sabha but protests by Opposition parties ruled it out.

Tomar said  Speaker Om Birla repeatedly told Opposition members that he was ready for initiating a discussion if they went back to their seats. The Farm Laws repeal bill was approved in both the houses of the Parliament today without any discussion, even though the opposition parties kept demanding a debate on the bill.

Parliament passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 is now awaits the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind for the formal withdrawal of the three contentious laws against which farmers have been protesting for the past year at Delhi borders.

He defended the three laws, which were never implemented and are now set to be annulled, saying they were brought in for the benefits of farmers and regretted that the government could not convince the protesting farmer unions despite trying to convince them.

The Union Minister spoke about steps taken for the benefit of farmers and the agricultural sector by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and how the Minimum Support Price (MSP) has doubled under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He also appealed to the farmers again to end their agitation against the bills and return home.