Amid continuing protests at Delhi borders against the Centre’s three new agri laws, farmers’ body ‘Bharatiya Kisan Union Bhanu’ (BKUB)has moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene as a party in a pending plea challenging the constitutional validity the legislations.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Justice SA Bobde, on October 12, had issued a notice to the Centre by agreeing to test the validity of the laws on the pleas filed by RJD lawmaker from Rajya Sabha, Manoj Jha and DMK Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, Tiruchi Siva, and one by Rakesh Vaishnav of Chhattisgarh Kisan Congress.
BKUB, through its Mathura-based president Bhanu Pratap Singh, has sought impleadment as a party in the lead petition filed by DMK lawmaker Tiruchi Siva.