Opposition seeks President’s intervention on farmers’ deaths, Pegasus row

Direct Modi government to set up JPC, they urge Kovind

A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Nationalist Congress Party and the National Conference met President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday and urged him to direct the Narendra Modi government to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the death of hundreds of farmers in the nine-month long agitation against the three controversial farm laws. The delegation also demanded a debate on the Pegasus cyberattack. The delegation handed over the memorandum which was also signed by the BSP, the Shiv Sena, the CPI, the CPI(M) and the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. The Congress is not a signatory to it. After meeting the President, SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal said the entire Opposition has been demanding the government for the last two weeks to allow them to speak in Parliament on issues concerning people. Ms. Badal was accompanied by Ritesh Pandey of the BSP, Mohammed Faizal of the NCP and Hasnain Masoodi of the N.C.