Black laws have threatened livelihood of farmers: Harsimrat Badal in Lok Sabha
Harsimrat Kaur Badal Lok Sabha Speech During Parliament's Monsoon Session 2021: Former Union Minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday slammed the Union government for not fulfilling the promises it made to farmers.
Bathinda MP said that Shiromani Akali Dal has been demanding to discuss the 'black farm laws' before any other business inside the Lok Sabha since the Day 1 of the Parliament's monsoon session 2021.
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Although farm laws were not being discussed, the SAD has always worked for the strengthening of federal structure and more power to the States, Harsimrat Kaur Badal said in her speech in Lok Sabha. Even five times Chief Minister of Punjab, Sardar Prakash Singh Badal, was politically imprisoned for over 18 years, she added.
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Refering to farmers, the former Union Minister asked, "You say, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas. Who is supporting and working for the development of those sitting on the streets?"
"The petrol and diesel prices have been skyrocketed, manure is expensive, everything has become expensive. They promised that they will double the income of farmers. Instead of doubling their income, the govt has increased the load on farmers," she said.
Likewise, she added that the government has threatened the livelihood of farmers by bringing farm laws. Showing the poster (which shows the farmers who died during the agitation), Harsimrat Kaur slammed the Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar who had said that there has been no data with the government on farmers' deaths at the protest sites.
"If other issues can be discussed then why not farm laws?" she questioned. Bathinda MP concluded her speech with the slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' and 'Kisan Mazdoor Ekta Zindabad'.
-PTC News
