Sonia Gandhi urges Congress-ruled states to pass laws to negate central farm acts

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

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New Delhi, Sep 28: Congress president Sonia Gandhi appealed to all Congress-ruled state governments to explore possibilities of bypassing the centre’s farm laws, which have provoked massive farmer protests in parts of the country.

Congress-ruled Punjab is the epicenter of protests against the three controversial laws and its Chief Minister Amarinder Singh held a sit-in today, joining the cause of the farmers.

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“Congress president has advised Congress ruled states to explore the possibilities to pass laws in their respective states under Article 254(2) of the Constitution which allows the state legislatures to pass a law to negate the anti-agriculture central laws encroaching upon…

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