Haryana former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said that there is a need for agricultural reforms but there is no reflection of reforms in the new central farm laws.
The farm laws were passed without any consultations with the farmers, and therefore the Centre must call a Parliament session, repeal these laws and start the reform process afresh, Hooda said while talking to the mediapersons.
Hooda, who is a leader of opposition in Haryana Assembly, said that we are not against reforms but the current laws must be repealed and a fresh reform process must be initiated after consultations with stakeholders.
On the issue of the 2019 Congress manifesto promising to abolish the APMC Act, the senior Congress leader said that the BJP is misrepresenting facts.
“We promised to take the mandis near the farmers and in Haryana we did that.
In my own village we have set up purchase centres at every 10 km for a population of 10,000,” he said.
The senior Congress leader questioned the government on why it didn’t agree to the opposition demand for bringing a fourth law notifying anyone who buys below MSP would be punished.
Lashing out at the Haryana Government, he said that the government has lost the trust of the people and should face a ‘vote of no confidence’.
Insisting that the Bharat Bandh on Tuesday was successful, Hooda urged the Haryana Governor to call an emergency session of the state Assembly and allow a floor test.
“Seven of the 10 MLAs of BJP ally JJP have dissociated from the government on the farmers issue and three Independents have also done so. The Government is in minority and we will move a no confidence vote the day a session is called,” he added.