New Delhi: The farmers’ protest on Delhi borders for over two months echoed in Parliament on Friday as Congress Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana in Punjab, Ravneet Bittu raised slogans in their favour during President Ram Nath Kovind address.
Bittu earlier arrived in the Central Hall and took a seat. During the President’s address to the members of both the Houses, he first shot videos on his mobile phone and then stood up to assert that “what is happening with farmers is not good”.
Along with the Congress, 17 opposition parties had announced boycott of Kovind’s address during Parliament’s Budget Session to express solidarity with farmers, who have been protesting on the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders and other places since November 26 in support of their demands.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that no seat was allotted in Bittu’s name. “He entered the Central Hall by saying that his party MPs have reserved seats for the event,” Joshi alleged.