Law passed by Punjab anonymously to bypass central farm law

A very historic move has been made by the Punjab government, where the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday espoused a resolution refusing the novel laws set by the Centre earlier. They also passed four bills which included the statement that stated:” They will counter the contentious legislation enacted by the Parliament”. State bills offer for detention of not less than three years for the sale or procurement of wheat or paddy underneath the minimum support price (MSP), freedom for farmers from attachment of land up to 2.5 acres and inhibition of hoarding and black-marketing of agricultural harvest. Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal announced an additional Bill on the lookout for modification to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The Bill pursues to guard the farmers from attachment of land (below 2.5 acres) in any recovery proceedings. This Bill was also passed unanimously.

The laws endorsed at the Centre are intended to derestrict the sale of produce and will open a lot of opportunities in the new markets for farmers. But they have prompted farmers' protests, predominantly in the states like Punjab and Haryana. Several farmer unions are coming up and are demanding that the new laws will lead to the dismantling of the original MSP system.

The state bills, nevertheless, need the concurrence of the governor formerly, and then can become laws. This might be possible for the governor to hold back assent and raise them to the President. According to the reports, the state government has stated that they will take lawful choice if the governor does not give his endorsement to the bills. There is a similar case found in Chhattisgarh, where the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh government wedged after the governor blocked an appeal to convene a superior assembly session.