Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked states ruled by her party to pass legislations to override the Centre’s farm laws. The direction came as protests continued in several states of the country against the laws that were formally approved on Sunday.
In a tweet, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said this will enable the states to negate the “unacceptable” anti-farmers’ provisions in the “draconian” agricultural laws. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had, earlier in the day, called the laws a “death sentence” for farmers.
“Hon’ble Congress President has asked the Congress ruled states to explore the possibilities to pass laws in their states under Article 254(2) of the constitution which allows the state legislatures to pass a law to override a Central law which then comes for President Assent,” Venugopal tweeted. “This would enable the…