Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday termed the Centre’s decision to repeal three agriculture laws as a “very late but welcome step”, saying the decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier, could have saved many lives. Could. He claimed to have dominated the PM in a meeting in the latter’s office to withdraw these laws.
Channi accused the Center of “thrusting” agricultural laws without taking farmers into confidence, Channi said: “The BJP-led central government must admit on record that a Himalayan mistake has been made in bringing these bills And then don’t rely on it for more than a year.” The CM said that incidents like Lakhimpur during the struggle are a blot on the name of democracy, as people will never forgive BJP.
He said that now that the PM has repealed the agriculture laws, he should compensate farmers for “loss of life” and the state for “loss of property”. He said that Punjab on its part has provided jobs to the affected families and Rs 5 lakh each. He asked the PM to clarify his stand on minimum support price and public procurement of crops, besides announcing a similar financial package to provide relief to debt-ridden farmers and farm labourers.
Describing it as a victory of the people, Channi said that the farmers had to face many difficulties, including the uncertainty of the weather, to humiliate the powerful central government which tried its best to “harass, humiliate and disappoint”. . He said: “But the farmers were following in the footsteps of the great gurus who taught us to fight injustice, oppression and tyranny and so they continued their struggle.” He added that the outcome of this struggle “will be written in the golden words of history”.
Channi said: “It took more than a year to topple the arrogant Modi government. The countdown has begun for the removal of his tyrannical government and the return of Congress to power. He accused the Akali-BJP leadership of hailing the PM for these rules, for which he said he would face public anger. Channi claimed that former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was part of this alliance to “weaken the farmers’ movement”, but in the end, “good prevailed over evil”.
Channi said his government had opposed these laws from day one and called for repeal of the Contract Agriculture Act of 2013 enacted by the then SAD-BJP coalition government led by Parkash Singh Badal in the last special session of the Punjab Assembly. Was. ,
Announcement of Monument to Bustle
Channi accused the Center of “thrusting” agricultural laws without taking farmers into confidence, Channi said: “The BJP-led central government must admit on record that a Himalayan mistake has been made in bringing these bills And then don’t rely on it for more than a year.” The CM said that incidents like Lakhimpur during the struggle are a blot on the name of democracy, as people will never forgive BJP.
He said that now that the PM has repealed the agriculture laws, he should compensate farmers for “loss of life” and the state for “loss of property”. He said that Punjab on its part has provided jobs to the affected families and Rs 5 lakh each. He asked the PM to clarify his stand on minimum support price and public procurement of crops, besides announcing a similar financial package to provide relief to debt-ridden farmers and farm labourers.
Describing it as a victory of the people, Channi said that the farmers had to face many difficulties, including the uncertainty of the weather, to humiliate the powerful central government which tried its best to “harass, humiliate and disappoint”. . He said: “But the farmers were following in the footsteps of the great gurus who taught us to fight injustice, oppression and tyranny and so they continued their struggle.” He added that the outcome of this struggle “will be written in the golden words of history”.
Channi said: “It took more than a year to topple the arrogant Modi government. The countdown has begun for the removal of his tyrannical government and the return of Congress to power. He accused the Akali-BJP leadership of hailing the PM for these rules, for which he said he would face public anger. Channi claimed that former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was part of this alliance to “weaken the farmers’ movement”, but in the end, “good prevailed over evil”.
Channi said his government had opposed these laws from day one and called for repeal of the Contract Agriculture Act of 2013 enacted by the then SAD-BJP coalition government led by Parkash Singh Badal in the last special session of the Punjab Assembly. Was. ,
Announcement of Monument to Bustle
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