Two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs on Friday shouted slogans inside the Central Hall of Parliament against the farm laws.
The commotion broke out when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was offering his tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 96th birth anniversary.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh tweeted a video that showed him and his party colleague, Bhagwat Mann, raising slogans against the farm laws and holding up posters in protest inside the Central Hall.
बहरे कानो को सुनाने के लिये तानाशाह सरकार को जगाने के लिये संसद में प्रधानमंत्री के सामने किसानो के हक़ में हंगामा “किसान विरोधी काला क़ानून वापस लो” अन्नदाताओं को आतंकवादी कहना बंद करो। pic.twitter.com/X8MF2pxnad
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) December 25, 2020
Several other MPs were seen in the video standing by as PM Modi finished paying tribute to Mr. Vajpayee before his portrait. PM Modi was seen walking out after interacting with a few other leaders. The two AAP parliamentarians, meanwhile, continued to shout slogans.
The MP from Punjab’s Sangrur, Mr. Mann tweeted, “Pro-farmer slogans echoed in the Central Hall to open the closed eyes and ears of the Modi government (sic).”
मोदी सरकार की बंद आँखों और कानों को खोलने के लिए लोकसभा के सेंट्रल हॉल में गूँजे किसान हितेषी नारे…! pic.twitter.com/l2UYEh8jRg
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) December 25, 2020
Thousands of farmers, who have braved water cannons, tear gas, and police barricades, began their protest last month against the farm laws, aimed at doing away with middlemen and allowing them to sell produce anywhere in the country.