Categorically rejecting the Centre's claim that Punjab was taken on board before promulgation of the farm ordinances presented in Parliament on Monday, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to go ahead with them.
He also announced that he will lead an 11-member delegation of his party on Wednesday to submit a memorandum to the Governor against the ordinances.
Besides the Chief Minister, the delegation will include state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar along with some ministers and MLAs of the party, an official spokesperson said.
The decision to meet the Governor came after the BJP-led Central government presented the three controversial ordinances in Parliament for legislation despite strong protests by farmers in various states, including Punjab.
The Chief Minister also wrote a letter to the Prime Minister requesting him not to disappoint the people and farmers of Punjab and favourably consider their request not to go ahead with the ordinances "which are not in the interest of the farmers".
