Centre's power and agri reforms run into opposition from Congress CMs

Punjab and Chhattisgarh CMs plan to enlist the support of other opposition CMs on the two issues

Two Congress chief ministers, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, have opposed the Centre’s proposed “reforms” in the power and agriculture sectors.

The two plan to enlist support of other opposition chief ministers on the two issues, both of which they have argued are anti-farmer and anti-poor.

In a letter to union power and renewable energy minister RK Singh on Friday, Baghel said the Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020, was against the interest of farmers and the poor.

Baghel said the proposed legislation would lead to lower crop productivity and hurt food self-sufficiency. He said the bill also violated the