The BJD on Sunday opposed the two controversial farm Bills moved in the Rajya Sabha. The Odisha ruling party said the Bills fail to provide adequate protection to small and marginal farmers and sharecroppers.
The BJD demanded that the Bills be sent to the Select Committee for its consideration.
“The Bills are largely good in intent but problem in implementations and there is a possibility of cartelisation.
Are the Bills only for big traders, asked BJD member Amar Patnaik.The BJD had also taken the same stand on the Bills in the Lok Sabha on September 17.
Notably, the proposed legislations are the Farmers’ and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020.