Rahul terms farm bills 'death orders' against farmers, says democracy is 'ashamed'

September 20, 2020 18:37

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government for Parliament's nod to two farm sector reform bills and termed it "death orders against farmers".

Amid massive uproar by opposition members, the Rajya Sabha on Sunday passed the Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020. They were passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

In a strongly worded tweet, Rahul Gandhi said "democracy is ashamed" as the government "took out death orders against farmers in the Rajya Sabha".

"The farmer who grows gold from the earth, the pride of the Modi government makes them cry. Democracy is ashamed by the manner in which the government took out death orders against farmers in the Rajya Sabha today in the name of Agriculture Bill," Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had termed Centre's farm bill as "anti-agriculture 'black law' of Modi government". He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of allowing "farmers to be slaves of the captalists" by bringing in the farm-related bills.

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