Sonia dials Opposition leaders, Sharad Pawar meets Left leaders

As the Supreme Court criticised the Centre over the farmers’ protests, the Congress on Monday mentioned the difficulty was neither “legal” nor “legalistic” and requested the federal government to repeal the three farm legal guidelines paying heed to the court docket’s observations.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in the meantime, started speaking to Opposition leaders and is planning to convene a gathering to formulate a joint Opposition technique on the protests. Her initiative got here on a day NCP chief Sharad Pawar met Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja. The Left leaders mentioned they mentioned the difficulty of farmer protests.
While the Congress is enthused on the sturdy observations made by the court docket, social gathering leaders mentioned farmer unions view the petitions within the apex court docket with suspicion.
“We respect the Supreme Court and its concern… but ultimately repeal of the laws and the discretion to repeal the laws…lies at the doorsteps of the government and not the Supreme Court,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala mentioned.