Farmers Movement Archive

Congress MPs to meet President today

PATIALA: Patiala MP Preneet Kaur said all the Congress MPs, led by Rahul Gandhi, would meet the President at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday to impress upon him for repealing of the “anti-farmers” laws. Preneet, former Union minister of state for external affairs, said this after attending the ‘antim ardas’ of 22-yearold farmer Gurpreet Singh at Sapherra village of Patiala. Gurpreet Singh and Labh Singh, 68, had passed away while six other villagers of Sapherra village were injured a few days back in a road accident in Haryana while returning home from agitation at Delhi borders. Making a strong appeal to PM Narendra Modi, Patiala MP Preneet Kaur said the PM should take the call of agitating farmers seriously. As they have apprehensions regarding the new farm laws, the central government should come forward to repeal these “anti-farmer” laws without any condition.She said as Punjab farmers have made the country self-reliant in production of foodgrains so in return the Union Government should accede to their demands of repealing of laws. Preneet said as a mark of respect and solidarity with the families of the deceased farmers, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has already sanctioned an ex gratia grant of Rs 5 lakh each besides Rs 50,000 to injured farmers. She said Punjab Government and all the Punjabis stood firmly with the farmers as their demands were legitimate and in the interest of larger interests of the farming community.

The Times of India

2020-12-24

Ludhiana