Rs Passes2 Crucial Farm Bills Amidst Huge Ruckus
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AHMEDABAD l MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 296 LET US STRIVE TO MAKE J&K A GST COMPENSATION: 21 STATES P5 ‘FIRDAUS’ ON EARTH: PREZ KOVIND PREFER BORROWING OPTION 1 P6 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR & AHMEDABAD 26°C - 36°C www.firstindia.co.in | www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia | instagram.com/thefirstindia Rule book torn, mikes damaged as Opposition, which lacked the RS PASSES 2 CRUCIAL FARM numbers to block the bills, demanded bills be sent to a select BILLS AMIDST HUGE RUCKUS committee for further discussion Aditi Nagar Watershed moment New Delhi: Rajya Sab- NAIDU MAY TAKE ACTION ha on Sunday passed AGAINST ROWDY MPs two key farm bills amid New Delhi: Vice in history of Indian a bedlam as Opposition President and Rajya members charged to- Sabha chairman M agriculture: Modi wards the podium of Venkaiah Naidu is likely the presiding officer, to take action against New Delhi: Prime flung the rule book at those Members of Minister Narendra him, tore official papers Parliament who created Modi on Sunday con- and heckled him over ruckus in the Upper gratultaed farmers, their demand for a divi- House over agriculture stating that the passing sion of vote. bills. Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien, of the farm bills in the The Upper House, Congress MP Ripun Bora, AAP MP Sanjay parliament was a “wa- which witnessed a brief Singh and DMK MP Tiruchi Siva were seen tershed moment in the adjournment due to the making attempts to snatch the podium mike history of Indian agri- pandemonium, passed of Dy Chairman Harivansh, raised slogans culture”. by voice vote the Farm- TMC MP Derek O’Brien entered the well and showed the House rule book to RS Dy Chairman against the chair, and tore papers. In a series of tweets, er’s Produce Turn to P6 Harivansh Singh, during discussion on agriculture Bills on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI PM said that the pas- sage of bills will liber- sector as well as em- NOTICE OF NO-CONFIDENCE ate farmers from dec- power crores of farm- AMIT SHAH @AMITSHAH RAHUL GANDHI AHMED PATEL AGAINST RS DY CHAIRMAN ades of various con- ers,” he tweeted. The passage of two important @RAHULGANDHI @AHMEDPATEL New Delhi: Twelve Opposition parties Sun- straints and bullying by “For decades, the In- bills related to agriculture in The farmers grow gold from land, but If Babasaheb Ambedkar middlemen. dian farmer was bound Parliament today shows @NarendraModi the arrogance of the Modi government is making was alive he would have hung his head day gave a notice for a no-confidence mo- ji unwavering determination farmers shed tears of blood. Democracy has been in shame seeing what tactics BJP used tion against RS Deputy Chairman Harivansh “A watershed mo- by various constraints to strengthen our shamed by the manner in which today -in an Independent over the manner in which two farm Bills ment in the history of and bullied by middle- farmers and the the government passed death India-to forcefully pass were passed in the Upper House after he Indian agriculture! men. The bills passed overall development warrants against farmers in bills pertaining to overruled their pleas for an adjournment of Congratulations to our by Parliament liberate of the agricultural the form of two farm bills in farmers Only a heartless the proceedings. Apart from this around 100 hardworking farmers the farmers from such sector. This is the Rajya Sabha. Modi ji is making & anti farmer Govt like Opposition MPs have also filed a no-confi- on the passage of key adversities. These bills beginning of an farmers ‘slaves’ of capitalists, the colonial British can unprecedented era of the country will not allow do this #KisanVirodhi dence motion against him. They termed it is bills in Parliament, will add impetus to the development in India’s this to succeed #KisanVirodhi NarendraModi a murder of democracy. which will ensure a efforts to double the in- agricultural sector. NarendraModi More on P8 complete transforma- come of farmers and tion of the agriculture ensure Turn to P6 India occupies 6 major new ‘BASELESS’ TWEETS KASHYAP AFTER PAYAL hills near Ladakh LAC GHOSH SAYS #METOO SUPER New Delhi: In the last New Delhi: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, on OVER SINKS three weeks, the Indian Sunday, denied all sexual assault allegations MAYANK’S Army has occupied six levelled against him by actress Payal Ghosh new major hill features and tweeted: “All I want to say is all allegations HEROICS on the Line of Actual are baseless.” Payal Ghosh, who has worked in Delhi Capitals players Control (LAC) during films like Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi and Pray- celebrate after the ongoing conflict anam, has recently accused the 48-year-old defeating Kings XI Punjab in the super with the Chinese Army filmmaker of forcing himself on her in an in- over during the cricket in the Eastern Ladakh terview with ABN Telugu. However, Anurag match of IPL 2020, sector. Kashyap dis- at Dubai International “The Indian Army missed the al- Cricket Stadium, has occupied six new legations in Dubai, United Arab heights between August a series of Emirates, Sunday. 29 and the second week An army convoy carrying military material on its way to Ladakh tweets and of September. The new amid border tension with China on Sunday. —PHOTO BY PTI described hill features being occu- them as “an pied by our troops in- nese Army which was Monday, on the border attempt to si- SPEED NEWS clude the Magar hill, eyeing to sit on the dom- standoff. This will be lence” him. Gurung Hill, Recehen inating heights and the sixth such talks on Ghosh took STRONGLY CONDEMN AGGRESSION TOWARDS La, Rezang La, Mokh- now our troops have an the issue. to Twitter and DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: RAJNATH SINGH pari and the dominat- edge over the adversary An official from the wrote, “@anu- New Delhi: Government on Sunday said it strongly condemned the “aggres- ing height over Chinese in those areas, they Ministry of External ragkashy- sive and violent behaviour” by opposition members towards RS vice-chairman positions near Finger said. Affairs (MEA) is likely ap72 has during the debate to pass the two farm bills in the House. Addressing a press 4,” top government Meanwhile, India to be part of Indian del- forced him- conference along with Prakash Javadekar, Prahlad Joshi, Piyush Goyal, Thawar sources told ANI. These and China are sched- egation. This is the first self on me Chand Gehlot and Mukhtar Abbas Naqwi, defence minister Rajnath Singh said, hill features were lying uled to hold a Corps time that an MEA offi- and extreme- “Whatever happened was against parliamentary dignity. Such an incident has dormant and the Indian Commander-level talks cial will be present in ly badly. never happened in the history of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. It is all the more Army had occupied at Moldo, on the Chi- this meeting, people Turn to P6 unfortunate that this happened in RS, which is known as house of elders.” them before the Chi- nese side of LAC on aware Turn to P6 Guj Assembly meets under Covid-19 shadow, likely to be stormy Oblivious to all this, ty’s 12 other MLAs got Question Hour, the as- Five MLAs test nCov positive BJP’s maverick Wag- tested in their respec- sembly might witness on eve of five-day monsoon hodia MLA Madhu tive districts and sub- uproarious scenes Srivastava caused em- mitted reports. over a few issues. Rul- session; 20 bills to be taken up barrassment for the Minister of State ing BJP leaders say party by violating all for Parliamentary Af- that since there will First India Bureau As decided in the protocol by dancing fairs Pradipsinh Jade- be scattered seating meetings of the Busi- with his supporters in ja said that., “On the arrangement to main- Gandhinagar: At ness Advisory Com- a temple on Saturday first day of the As- tain social distancing least 5 legislators mittee of the House, evening (see page 8). sembly session, the norms, the Opposi- tested positive for the there would be no On Sunday, the Con- government will pre- tion may get little coronavirus and Question Hour but gress party’s 46 MLAs sent its report on the success in showing its would not be able to the session could wit- took the corona test, of work done to fight the strength to corner the attend the five-day ness stormy scenes whom Virji Thummar, COVID-19 pandemic government. monsoon session of over several thorny Punabhai Gamit and in the State.” On the first day, con- the Gujarat Assem- issues. Nathabhai Patel tested As many as 20 bills dolence resolutions bly, which begins on Four of the 5 MLAs positive, along with are likely to be tabled would be moved to pay Monday, under the who tested positive BJP’s Kanubhai Patel. in the House during homage to former shadow of the Cov- were from the Con- The BJP’s 80 MLAs took the five-day session. President Pranab id-19 pandemic. gress and 1 from BJP. Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani undergoing COVID-19 test. the test. Congress par- Though there is no Mukherjee Turn to P6 NEWS www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia AHMEDABAD | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 02 TALES FROM THE ROAD... With the restrictions on movement across cities, districts and states no longer enforced in the state, the flow of traffic on highways has slowly returned to normal.