Overriding the Constitution

Other states shouldn't follow Punjab's example on farm Bills

Parties across the political spectrum in the Punjab Assembly have sent a strong signal to the state’s powerful community of arthiyas (or middlemen) and large farmers with the unanimous rejection of the three farm laws enacted by Parliament and the passage of three farm Bills that would bypass the central laws. The logic of this dramatic move, capping weeks of protests, is unclear. For one, these three enactments are unlikely to pass the test of constitutionality. Though agriculture is on the State List of the Constitution, the production, control, supply, and distribution of foodstuff are on the Concurrent List. Constitutional