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Farm Ordinances Brought by Centre a Death Knell for Agriculture: Congress
News 18The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Centre over three farm ordinances, alleging that they would subjugate the farmers “at the altar of a handful of crony capitalists” and were a “death knell” for agriculture. The ordinances seek to provide barrier-free trade for farmers’ produce outside notified farm mandis, and empower farmers to enter into farming agreements with private players prior to the production for sale of agri-produce. Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala expressed solidarity with those protesting against the ordinances and said the party will fight the Modi government “tooth and nail” on this issue. Alleging that the three ordinances were a “direct attack” on the ‘federal structure’, Surjewala said ‘farming’ and ‘mandis’ come under the jurisdiction of states, but the Modi government did not even consider it appropriate to consult them before promulgating the ordinances.
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