Capt Amarinder is Centre’s puppet: SAD
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Capt Amarinder is Centre’s puppet: SAD
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SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had become a puppet of the BJP-led central government and was suppressing the voices which were speaking out against the three farm laws.When will bills be sent to prez: harsimratFormer Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday asked CM Capt Amarinder Singh to tell Punjabis how long he would wait before exercising legal options to ensure the three farm Bills, passed unanimously in the Vidhan Sabha 80 days ago to counter the central laws, were forwarded by the Governor to the President of India for assent.“It is clear that the Union Home Ministry knows about the weaknesses of the CM and that is why he is taking orders directly from the ministry and registering attempt to murder cases against Punjabis protesting against BJP leaders. Similarly, song writers and singers who have sung songs in praise of the farmers’ agitation are being hauled up,” he said.Sukhbir said, “The CM should have been at the forefront of the fight to secure the rights of the farmers. He should have been ready to sacrifice all for it. Instead, he is relaxing in his farmhouse and doing lip service.”He also took on the CM for failing to take back the APMC Act, which was amended by him in 2017 and contained all provisions of the three farm laws. He said presently the situation was such that even if the Centre repealed the three laws they would still be applicable in Punjab as the Congress government had refused to take back the changes made in its APMC Act.Speaking about the problems of farmers of the Doaba region, he said sugarcane growers were suffering because of Rs 284 crore dues had not been paid to them. He said the Congress government had also not increased the sugarcane state assured price (SAP) for the last three years due to which farmers in the state were getting a price of Rs 310 per quintal only against Rs 350 per quintal being received by farmers of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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The Tribune
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2021-01-09
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Jalandhar