SAD-BSP MPs continue to protest against farm laws outside Parliament

Farmers' ​protest: The MPs of Shiromani Akali Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party on Monday continued to protest outside the Parliament on Day 5 of the Monsoon Session against farm laws.

Shiromani Akali Dal has been raising its voice against farm laws both inside and outside the Parliament from the Day 1 of the Monsoon Session 2021.

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The party has already announced a boycott of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting on Covid-19 in protest against the use of brute majority to block adjournment motion moved by the party to demand repeal of farm laws.

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On Sunday, the SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said that "Our story with BJP was over; SAD will neither compromise on farmer issues nor allow farm laws to be implemented in Punjab."

There is a need for regional parties to come together and form a national front for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, he added.

Thousands of farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders for months but the government has been a mute spectator.

Farmers have been protesting against the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

-PTC News