Budget Session 2021 LIVE: Farmers have been fighting against different injustices since long, says Ghulam Nabi Azad

Budget Session 2021 LIVE:  The government and opposition parties in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday reached on consensus to allocate more time to discuss the motion of thanks and parties can raise their issues on farmers’ protest during the discussion.
However, before the discussion could begin, several House members created a ruckus, following which Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 9.40 am.

Earlier today, several opposition parties including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), Communist Party of India (CPI), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), MPs moved the suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over ongoing farmer agitation.

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Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma on Wednesday gave a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over the ongoing farmer agitation against Central agri laws.

Several other opposition parties including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), All India Trinamool Congress (TMS), Communist Party of India (CPI), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Communist Party of India (Marxist) MPs also moved suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over ongoing farmer agitation. The opposition on Tuesday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected the ‘suspension of business notice’ to discuss ongoing protest over the contentious farm laws.