The Congress will oppose at least four ordinances, including the three related to farmers, in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning Monday.
The Ordinances likely to be replaced are The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020, The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 and The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020.
The main Opposition party will oppose it in both Houses of Parliament.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said there are several errors in The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.
Alleging that the Ordinances would subjugate the farmers “at the altar of a handful of crony capitalists” and were a “death knell” for agriculture, the party asserted that it will oppose the legislation both inside and outside Parliament and reach out to like-minded parties to put up a joint resistance on the issue.
The Modi Government has promulgated 11 ordinances and will seek to replace them with bills in the forthcoming session that starts from September 14.
An ordinance has a shelf life of six months and needs Parliament’s approval to make the law permanent.
The amendments in the farm-related laws were rolled out in June to help farmers amid the tough pandemic crisis.
The Ordinance aimed to improve upon the country’s farm sector as the Centre changed the six-decade-old Essential Commodities Act and moved the other two ordinances to remove all restrictions on farm trade from while guaranteeing a legal framework for pre-agreed prices to farmers.