''Kisan Sansad'' Discusses One Of 3 Farm Laws, Passes Resolution Demanding Its Repeal

On the sixth day of the ''Kisan Sansad'', the farmers passed a resolution to repeal the Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act that was introduced last year

The ''Kisan Sansad'' being held by farmers at Jantar Mantar on Thursday held discussions on one of the three agri laws against which they have been protesting for over eight months and demanded its repeal, terming it "unconstitutional". On the sixth day of the ''Kisan Sansad'', the farmers passed a resolution to repeal the Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act that was introduced last year, according to a statement by Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the protest. The protestors said the act was "unconstitutional and pro-corporates". "The ''sansad'' unanimously rejected the ''Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020'' as being unconstitutional, anti-farmer and pro-corporate, and declared that the act stands repealed.