Kerala’s state assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against the Centre’s three farm laws, ANI reported. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had moved the resolution against the three laws, which he described as “anti-farmer” and “pro-corporate,” PTI reported. 

The resolution was moved in a one-hour special session convened solely to discuss the farmers’ issue and express solidarity with them.

While moving the resolution, Vijayan said that India was witnessing one of the most iconic protests ever by farmers in its history. At least 32 farmers had lost their lives since the start of their agitation on November 26, Kerala CM alleged.

Highlighting the “moral responsibility” of the legislative assemblies, Vijayan said they should take a “serious view when people have anxieties about certain laws that affect their lives,” adding that agriculture was part of the culture of the country.

The Centre had come up with the contentious laws at a time when the agriculture sector was facing still challenges, he said, adding as a result of which the farmers were anxious they would lose even the present support price.

The CM has demanded the scrapping of the laws.

Opposing the resolution, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA O Rajagopal said similar farm laws were promised by Congress in their poll manifesto and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had also demanded to bring in such reforms.

“Now, both parties are opposing it,” he said, adding that farmers should not be “misguided,” reported news agency ANI.

Since November 26, farmers, chiefly from Punjab and Haryana’ are protesting against the three laws that were enacted in September during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

The Centre has held six rounds of talks with the protesting farmers, to resolve the issue.