Amid several adjournments over farm laws and Pegasus, by the opposition during the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament, a delegation of MPs from different political parties, led by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal including members from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) met President of India Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapathi Bhavan on Saturday.
The delegation appealed to the President to ask the Centre to allow the opposition to discuss the farm laws and Pegasus issues in the Parliament. Harsimart said for over two weeks, the opposition is keeping two demands to the central government in the parliament to let them speak on issues of national importance.
All opposition parties are giving adjournment motions on the issues of farmers and Pegasus but the Modi govt failed to lend ears to the issues. “We have come to the president to discuss the danger, which has been looming large on the democratic process. People's voice outside the Parliament is being suppressed. You know what is happening with the farmers for one year,” she added.
We are small parties and have collected to appeal to the president to let the opposition discuss the issues".
“Why is the government running from discussing the issues of farmers and Pegasus? Make a joint select committee and put the MP's of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha in it to solve the farmer issue since this government has failed," said the SAD leader.
"The relatives of the farmers who have died in the farmer's protest want to meet the Prime Minister and want to describe their misfortune since the government is saying that no one has died in the farmer's protest," she added.
(By Dinesh Sharma)