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'Why don't you listen to farmers?' Captain Amarinder Singh asks Centre

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'Why don't you listen to farmers?' Captain Amarinder Singh asks Centre
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Amid farmers’ protest against the farm laws 2020, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday asked the Centre why it was being adamant on the issue and not listening to the farmers. “It is the job of the Government to listen to its people. If farmers are joining the protest from so many states, then they must be really upset,” said Captain Amarinder Singh while interacting informally with the media.
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Amid farmers’ protest against farm laws 2020, Captain Amarinder Singh asked Centre why it was being adamant on the issue. Also Read | Farm laws have given farmers new options, legal protection: PM Narendra Modi at Varanasi He asserted his government’s commitment to stand firmly with the farmers in their fight against the farm laws 2020. Amid farmers’ protest against farm laws 2020, Captain Amarinder Singh asked Centre why it was being adamant on the issue. On the Prime Minister’s adamant stand that the new laws were beneficial to the farmers, the Chief Minister said Narendra Modi had been maintaining this line since the beginning, which was the reason why Punjab came out with its own Bills.
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He questioned the Governor’s decision to sit on those Bills instead of forwarding them to the President, which he is required to do, and pointed out that the Governor had done this even last year on the Bill related to the CM’s advisors. Amid farmers’ protest against farm laws 2020, Captain Amarinder Singh asked Centre why it was being adamant on the issue. Also Read | Transport services to suspend in Delhi if govt doesn’t listen to farmers: Transport Unions Pointing out that the MSP and Arhtiya system was the backbone of Punjab’s successful agricultural model, with the farmers and Arhtiyas sharing a very close bond, the Chief Minister questioned the need to change the established system. Bathinda triple murder case: In a shocking incident, three family members were reportedly killed at Kamla Nehru Colony in Bathinda. “Will the corporates who would take the place of the Arhtiyas ever care to help farmers in times of crisis?” he asked. -PTC News-
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