Sanjay Jha was suspended by the Congress in July for “anti-party actions” (File)
New Delhi:
The Congress and the BJP are “on the identical web page” so far as the farm payments are involved, suspended Congress chief Sanjay Jha tweeted Friday afternoon, mentioning that the Narendra Modi authorities was merely doing what the Congress had promised to do forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
In an earlier tweet Mr Jha, whom the Congress suspended in July, mentioned the amendments to the Important Commodities Act (one in every of three farm bills passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday amid opposition walk-outs) had been “per UPA’s personal intent… will profit what Congress’s FDI in multi-brand envisaged”.
“Of us, in our Congress manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha elections we had ourselves proposed abolition of APMC Act and making agricultural produce free from restrictions. That is what Modi authorities has performed within the farmers’ payments. BJP and Congress are on the identical web page right here,” Mr Jha’s tweet learn
“Bipartisan politics, please!” one other mentioned.
BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya was amongst these to reply to Mr Jha’s tweet and, unsurprisingly, praised the previous Congress spokesperson as the one individual to have really learn the occasion’s manifesto.
“The one individual, who appears to have learn the Congress manifesto, remembers it and is appalled on the duplicity of its management, who’re conveniently overseas, whereas the Parliament is on and necessary steps to empower farmers are being taken…” Amit Malviya tweeted.
The one individual, who appears to have learn the Congress manifesto, remembers it and is appalled on the duplicity of its management, who’re conveniently overseas, whereas the Parliament is on and necessary steps to empower farmers are being taken…. https://t.co/OtqVDoGrjy
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 18, 2020
Amit Malviya additionally tweeted the hyperlink to a newspaper article from February 2012 (when the Congress-led UPA was in energy) during which then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged states to amend the APMC.
“Congress can ignore their manifesto however how about Dr Manmohan Singh?” Amit Malviya mentioned.
Level 11 of the part of the Congress manifesto that offers with Agriculture, Farmers and Farm Labour says: “Congress will repeal the Agricultural Produce Market Committees Act and make commerce in agricultural produce – together with exports and inter-state commerce – free from all restrictions”.
One of many payments handed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday does simply that – the Farmers Produce Commerce and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Invoice provides farmers the selection to promote their produce at aggressive costs wherever within the nation.
Nonetheless, the farmers are protesting – led by huge agitations in Punjab-ruled Congress – as a result of they worry they may now not get a Minimal Help Value. Opposition events have denounced the payments are “anti-farmer” and declare the agriculture sector will probably be left to the destiny of company pursuits.
On Friday, whereas addressing a digital launch of a railway bridge in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the “misinformation being spread” that farmers could be short-changed by the payments.
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