New Delhi: Controversial three farm laws repeal bill passed in Parliament on Monday within eight minutes without any debate.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar introduced the Farm Laws Repeal Bill – 2021 in the house on Monday as item number – 14. Farm Laws Repeal Bill – 2021 which proposed negating the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.

Lok Sabha passed the bill by voice vote at 12.10pm and adjourned for the day amidst sloganeering by the Opposition whose members stayed put in the well of the House demanding a discussion on the bill.  Rajya Sabha passed the bill in five minutes. Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, who was allotted two minutes to make his point, attacked the Centre for alleged deaths of 700 farmers during the year long agitation against the farm laws.

In his brief remarks Tomar regretted that the Government could not convince the agitating farmers about the benefits of the laws, reiterating claims that the Congress-led previous Governments had also argued for agrarian reforms.

DMK leader Tiruchy Siva said the repeal bill was circulated as supplementary business, but was not even discussed in the day’s Business Advisory Committee meeting. Leaders of 11 Opposition parties met at Kharge’s office in Parliament to formulate a strategy on matters to be taken up for debate, TMC and AAP abstained.