Ravi Shankar slams Opposition’s duplicity over farm laws, cites Pawar’s letter & Cong 2019 manifesto

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday tore into Congress and other opposition parties for their ‘utter duplicity’ over farm laws.
Attacking the Opposition, the Union Minister said that some political parties have adopted practice of questioning Modi government for the sake of ‘opposition’.

“In many previous incidents, they have participated mainly for purpose of saving their political existence,” the Union Minister said. Opposition parties have jumped into the issue of new farm laws. During UPA rule, they did exactly what the Modi government is doing today for reforms in the farm sector. Now that they’re losing polls, they take part in any protest for the sake of their existence,” he said.

Targeting the Congress, Prasad said that “Despite the farmers union’s request against the entry of political parties in the protest, the Congress kept trying to become a part of the agitation. All of this just to get a chance to oppose the Modi government.”

“…not only on the issue of farmers’ protest but they are keen to join every kind of protest be it anti-CAA protests or Shaheen Bagh. Forgetting their own work in the past, the opposition is indulging in such tactics,” the BJP leader said.

Referring to the Congress the manifesto of 2019, BJP leader said, “Congress promised to repeal the Agriculture Produce Market Committee act and make the trade-in agriculture and produce including export and interstate trade free from all restriction.”