‘Will fight for Punjab and its people: Captain Amarinder Singh on protests over Farm Laws 2020
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in pledging to force the Union Government to revoke the Farm Laws 2020. These 'anti-farmer laws' will be debated in Punjab's special Vidhan Sabha session on Monday.
While asserting that his government will take all steps to counter the black laws and protect the farmers of Punjab, Captain Amarinder said that he will spend every single day of the rest of his life for the revival of Punjab.
“Whatever time I have left with me, I will fight for the farmers and every other section of the state’s people,” he declared.
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He condemned the Centre’s anti-farmer laws as an attack on the soul of every farmer of the country, and an assault on Punjab’s future.
Welcoming the Chief Minister’s decision to convene the Punjab's special Vidhan Sabha session, Rahul Gandhi said that the voice of the farmers was gagged in Parliament, but it will now resonate in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha and echo in every part of the country till the central government is compelled to withdraw the farm laws.
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If these farm laws 2020 were in the interest of the farmers, why did the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre not allow a debate on them in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Gandhi asked.
Farmers protest were being staged across the state following the passing of Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance.
-PTC News
