Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs Stage Silent Protest Against Centre's Agri Laws

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs led by state unit chief Kamal Nath on Monday staged a silent protest against the Centre's new farm laws in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Assembly premises here.

The protest began with Nath garlanding the statue of Gandhiji amid MLAs holding placards and toy tractors and shouting slogans denouncing the Centre.

The choice to arrange a quiet dissent was taken since the three-day winter meeting of the Assembly, set to start on Monday, was deferred due to the Covid episode, said state



Congress spokesperson Narendra Saluja. 

"We will keep on stretching out help to the progressing farm agitation against the Center's new laws," he added. 

The colder time of year meeting got deferred after 61 Assembly staff members and seven MLAs tried positive for the infection.

An earlier plan by the party to arrive at the Assembly complex in tractors was set to face hurdles from an order issued by the district collector banning the movement of several types of vehicles within a 5-kilometre radius.