Opposition stalling farm bills fearing PM's popularity: Meghwal

September 26, 2020 14:54

Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday said the farm bills passed by the Parliament were in the interest of farmers, but the opposition parties were trying to stall them as they were "worried" about the rising popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He also said that although the opposition parties were crying foul over the Parliament's monsoon session getting curtailed, they themselves had demanded it.

The minister of state for parliamentary affairs was addressing the BJP's state-level executive meeting in Goa virtually.

"The opposition is trying to stall the farm bills drafted in the interest of country's farmers, because they are worried about the increasing popularity of PM Modi," he said.

"The opposition is criticising the government on the farm bills saying that they were passed in a hurried manner during the short session of the Parliament. But they are indulging in false propoganda," Meghwal added.

"We wanted to have an 18-day long session of Parliament, but due to COVID-19 outbreak there was a demand by the opposition to curtail it," he said.

-- PTI

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