WHY MUM ON PASSING OF FARM ORDINANCES WITH HARSIMRAT BEING PART OF UNION CABINET: RANDHAWA ASKS BADAL

Punjab Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday questioned former Chief Minister and Akali veteran Parkash Singh Badal as to why he kept mum when the farm ordinances were passed in the presence of his daughter-in-law Harsimrat Badal as the Union Minister before applauding her “resignation drama” as sacrifice. “Also explain when the close allies SAD and BJP would part ways because Akali Dal is still a part of BJP-led NDA which brought anti-farmer ordinances.

Randhawa said that it would have been better if the SAD Patron could clarify before patting his party on the back as to which one of his statements given within a span of fortnight is to be believed. “The senior Badal, who sang peans to the ordinances 15 days before, has taken a u-turn like his son and daughter-in-law and started opposing the ordinances,” added Randhawa.

JAKHAR SLAMS SAD FOR ACTING AS BJP AGENTS TO MISLEAD FARMERS

Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday that that SAD, which has transformed itself into “Sukhbir Akali Dal”, was now acting in the State as ‘BJP agent’ in a bid to mislead the farmers. “Their aim is to weaken the parties which have united against the genocidal policies of the Modi government,” he said.

“Earlier acting as BJP agents, Akali leaders tried to mislead the farmers about ‘black laws’. They campaigned for the last three months in every forum, they also arranged a letter of the Union Agriculture Minister, supporting the ‘black laws’ describing the same in the interest of the farmers,” he said.

Jakhar said that two facts prove that SAD was still not interested in safeguarding the farmers’ interests but was actually working for the fulfillment of aspirations of its leaders sitting in Delhi.

“Firstly, Harsimrat resigned from the Union Ministry but said that SAD would remain a partner in the Central Government. Secondly, she still says that she herself doesn’t feel that the agriculture amendment laws were anti-farmer but farmers were terming these as anti-farmers,” he added.

SAD DARES CM TO FACE FARMERS, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS

SAD on Sunday asked Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to first tell why he had supported the framing of agricultural ordinances before asking any questions from the opposition. SAD’s Kisan wing president and former Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka said that Capt Amarinder did not have any answers to the questions and that was why he was trying to shoot and scoot as always. You should stand your ground and answer the questions to the face of the farmers instead of hiding out in Siswan farmhouse,” he said.