When will you exercise legal option on 3 state bills: NDA ex-minister to CM
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When will you exercise legal option on 3 state bills: NDA ex-minister to CM
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Chandigarh: Former Union minister and SAD MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday asked Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to tell people how long it would take before the state government exercised legal options to ensure the three agricultural bills — passed unanimously in the Punjab assembly 80 days ago to counter the central farm laws — were forwarded to the President for assent by the governor. “Going by the current scenario, you seem to have even forgotten you initiated the move to get the three bills passed in the state assembly in the same manner in which a resolution rejecting the erstwhile farm ordinances was also passed, but never forwarded to the Centre,” said the Bathinda MP. She described the policy adopted by the CM on pursuing the three bills as “go-slow”. She added this indicated that the CM was purposely delaying action on the issue. “The recent manner in which you have bent over backwards to please the central government and even registered attempt to murder cases against Punjabis speaking out against Punjab BJP leaders gives credence to reports that you are being remote-controlled by the union home ministry for reasons best known to you,” said Harsimrat.
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The Times of India
Date
2021-01-09
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Chandigarh