The passage of a bill to repeal the controversial farm laws in Parliament on Monday without discussion marked departure from parliamentary practice.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday cited over a dozen bills passed in Parliament for repealing existing laws after thorough discussion.

“Discussion was not allowed for this repeal bill. This is great injustice. I had brought the list of repeal bills which were passed after thorough discussion. I was not allowed to read them,” Kharge told reporters.

The Opposition leader recalled that the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was first passed in 1971 and was repealed in 1978.

The repeal bill was discussed in the Lok Sabha for four hours and 24 minutes, he said.

The Prevention of Terrorist Act 2002 was repealed in 2004 through a bill that was discussed, together with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, in the Lok Sabha for five hours and 20 minutes.

The Gold (Control) Act, 1968, was repealed by the Gold (Control) Repeal Bill in 1990 after discussion in Lok Sabha for 52 minutes, the Congress leader said.

Among the other repeal bills passed after discussion in Parliament that Kharge cited are the Displaced Persons Claims and Other Laws Repeal Bill 2004, the Judicial Administration Laws (Repeal) Bill 2000, and the Unit Trust of India (Transfer or Undertaking and Repeal) Bill 2002.

On Monday, the two Houses of Parliament spent less than ten minutes to pass by voice vote the bill to repeal the three farm laws that had triggered a yearlong protest by farmers.

The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Production and Facilitation) Act, the Farmers’ (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Prices Assurance and Farm Services Act and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act will be repealed after the bill gets the assent of the President.