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Parliament Live Updates: Both the Houses of Parliament are set to assemble for the fourth day on Thursday as opposition parties continue to protest against the suspension of their 12 Rajya Sabha MPs for “unruly behaviour”. They are protesting in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the Parliament complex.
Meanwhile, the central government told Parliament on Wednesday that it has no data on farmers killed during the year-long protests against three agricultural laws that were repealed on November 29. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, in a written reply to opposition’s questions in the Rajya Sabha, said the government has no record of farmers killed during the protests and therefore “there is no question of compensation to their families”.
On the other hand, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed the Upper House that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which compiles data from states and union territories, did not report cases of “injury to farmers due to attacks on farmers”. does. ‘Protest’ separately.
“In your report ‘Crime in’ India 2020′ recorded 5,78,641 cases of injury, but it did not report cases of ‘injury to farmers due to separate attacks on farmers’ protests’, he said.
Rai was responding to a question which, among other details, also wanted to know whether it is a fact that the attacks on farmers’ protests by the administration as well as the public have increased in the country in the recent past. “Police and public order are state subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law and order including the safety of the farmers rests mainly with the respective state governments.
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