Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan on Sunday attacked the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Tamil Nadu government for supporting the farm bills passed recently in the Parliament, NDTV reported. He said that bills take away the state’s autonomy and a “dangerous situation” can arise if there is a scarcity or price rise of the farmers’ produce.
He also urged President Ram Nath Kovind to send the bills back to Parliament for discussion. “That’s the only way these can be made beneficial to farmers,” Haasan said in a statement. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad had on Tuesday met the president, urging him not to give his assent to the bills.
However, Kovind signed all three farm bills on Sunday evening and the proposed legislations are now going to be implemented as law.
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