Monsoon Session 2021: SAD-BSP MPs firm on taking up farmers' cause outside Parliament
Monsoon Session 2021: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal along with other SAD-BSP MPs continued to protest against farm laws outside the Parliament. With placards in hands, the SAD-BSP MPs have been demanding a total repeal of farm laws. Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday displayed the pictures of farmers who were martyred in the course of the ongoing Kisan Andolan in Parliament to nail the lie of the centre. Also Read | Tokyo Olympics 2020: List of medal winners, historic golden throw by Neeraj Chopra, India’s record-breaking journey She even asserted the NDA would be evicted in 2024 to pave the way for a pro-Kisan government. Bathinda MP raised the issue of farmers who laid down their lives during the Kisan Andolan. Also Read | Lok Sabha adjourned sine die bringing an end to Monsoon Session 2021 SAD-BSP MPs have been holding up pictures of farmers, who died during the agitation, outside parliament while waving banners saying ‘kendra sarkar kar le pehchan, yeh hain hamara shaheed kisan’.
The SAD leader also hit out at the Congress party for adopting double standards by raising the issue of farmers outside parliament but insisting that only the Pegasus spying issue be taken up for discussion in the House.
She said the Congress party should have also demanded a discussion on the need to repeal the farm laws.