On Saturday, SAD chief Harsimrat Kaur Badal attacked the NDA over agricultural bills.
Chandigarh (Punjab):
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday attacked the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after her Shiromani Akali Dal party quit the alliance over farm bills.
“If the pain and the 3 crore Punjabis protests fail to melt the rigid stance of the Indian Government, this is no longer the NDA envisioned by Vajpayee ji and Badal Sahab. An alliance that turns a deaf ear to its oldest son. ally and those who feed the nation are no longer in the best interests of Punjab, ”Ms. Badal tweeted after SAD left NDA.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal had previously left the union cabinet as minister of food processing due to agricultural bills.
Days after leaving the union cabinet, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) decided on Saturday to withdraw from the BJP-led NDA alliance due to the Centre’s “stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect assured marketing of agricultural crops on MSP “.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the party’s central committee, chaired by its leader Sukhbir Singh Badal. The meeting unanimously decided to withdraw from the BJP-led NDA alliance. The decision came after a meeting that lasted more than three hours.
In addition to the Centre’s position on agriculture bills, the party also referred to “its continued insensitivity to Punjabi and Sikh issues, such as not including the Punjabi language in the list of official Jammu languages. -and-Kashmir “.
The Agricultural Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020 and the Farmers’ Agreement (Empowerment and Protection) on Agricultural Price Insurance and Services, 2020 were passed by Parliament on Sunday. . A third bill amending the law on essential products was also adopted by Parliament.
The Center said the bills give farmers the freedom to sell their produce anywhere.
