The Kerala government has decided to hold a special one-day session on Wednesday to pass a resolution against the Farm Laws enacted in September by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre that has triggered massive protests by farmers across the country.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday gave the nod for convening a special session after the Pinarayi Vijayan government sent a request for convening a special one-day session for this. In the 140-member Kerala Assembly, the BJP has a lone member in O.Rajagopal and hence the question of the assembly passing a unanimous resolution is most unlikely.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at several border areas of Delhi since late November amid cold climate, despite repeated attempts by the government and PM Narendra Modi convincing them about the advantages of the new reforms.
The special session meeting will be of one hour and only the party leaders representing the various parties will speak and at the end, the resolution will be passed.
Already Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sounded that Kerala will seek legal recourse and the special session is seen as the first step to that.
The Bills -- 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 - were passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha,
Incidentally, Kerala in January this year became the first state in the country to file a suit in the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019.
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Meanwhile, today farmer unions are observing a day-long ‘relay’ hunger strike at Delhi border to put pressure on the government to scrap the three farm laws.
Amit Shah said that Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to likely have a dialogue with the protesting groups in a day or two to address their demands.