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Jul 27, 2021

Opposition Parties Urge President to Instruct Govt to Discuss Pegasus, Farmers' Issues

SAD leader Harsimrat Badal said it is very unfortunate that farmers have died while protesting against the three farm laws but the Centre is not even ready to discuss their issues.
Opposition MPs shout slogans demanding a discussion on Pegasus Project report in Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 26, 2021. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: Seven opposition parties have written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking his intervention to direct the government to discuss farmers’ issues and Pegasus phone-tapping in parliament, Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule said on Tuesday.

The Bahujan Samaj Party, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, National Conference, Communist Party of India and the CPI(M), besides the NCP, are the signatories to the letter.

SAD leader Harsimrat Badal said it is very unfortunate that farmers have died while protesting against the three farm laws but the Centre is not even ready to discuss their issues.

NCP leader Sule said the seven parties have written to the President seeking his intervention to instruct the government to discuss the farmers’ issues and Pegasus snooping in the parliament.

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