The five Left parties on Sunday issued a joint statement reiterating the demand for repealing the controversial three farm laws in the forthcoming budget session of Parliament and urging the Government to hold discussions with all stakeholders for agrarian reforms.
In a statement, the leaders of CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), Forward Bloc and RSP said that suspending the laws are not enough and must be repealed in the Parliament even as they hailed the determination of the farmers’ unions.
“We demand that the central government must stop being obstinate and immediately convey to the farmers unions that these agri laws will be repealed in the forthcoming budget session of parliament that is meeting this week. Already the Government has conveyed its willingness to suspend these laws for eighteen months. Acts that are legislated by parliament, signed by the President of India and notified by the Gazette are law of the land.
“They cannot be suspended. Unless they are repealed, they are enforceable. Hence, the Government must be reasonable, repeal these laws, hold discussions regarding agrarian reforms with the farmers and other stakeholders including State Governments and then bring proposals before parliament, if any, for their consideration and due deliberations,” said the statement issued by Sitaram Yechury, D.Raja, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Debabrata Biswas, and Manoj Bhattacharya.