Chandigarh, September 18:
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on
Thursday said Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s decision to quit the Union Cabinet was
another in the long chain of theatrics being enacted by the Shiromani Akali Dal
(SAD), which has still not quit the ruling coalition despite the slap on their face by
the central government over the Farm Bills.
मोटरसाइकिल चोरों को खुद जनता ने पकड़ा तीनों चोरों का वीडियो बनाकर किया वायरल
Questioning Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to continue to remain a part of
the BJP-led NDA coalition at the centre, the Chief Minister said even Harsimrat’s
resignation was nothing more than a gimmick to befool the farmers of Punjab.
“But they (the Akalis) will not succeed in misleading the farmer organisations,” he
said, calling it a case of ‘too little, too late.’
बेसहारा गोवंश को पकड़ने का अभियान तेज पकड़ी गई गायों को भेजा गया गौशाला
Harsimrat’s resignation from the Union Cabinet has come too late to be of
any help to Punjab and its farmers, said the Chief Minister. Had SAD taken a stand
earlier and supported his government against the ordinances, the situation might
not even have come to such a pass, and the Centre might have thought 10 times
before introducing the ordinances and pushing the anti-farmer legislations in
Parliament, he added.
कांग्रेस भी है हैरान और परेशान क्यों किया नन्नी ने ऐसा
Even now, the only reason for the SAD’s decision to pull their sole minister
out of the Union Cabinet was motivated not by any concern for the farmers but to
save their political fortunes, and the fizzling political careers of the Badals, who
had lost all credibility in the eyes of Punjab’s people, the Chief Minister said.
It was the angst of the farmers and the pressure mounted by the state’s
farmer organisations, which were up in arms against the vicious ordinances since
they were brought in by the Government of India, that had compelled the Badals to
change their stance on the ordinances, said Captain Amarinder. “Did Sukhbir and
Harsimrat and their coterie did not see the damage the legislations would do to
Punjab’s agriculture and economy all this time? Or were they so blinded by their
greed for power that they deliberately chose to close their eyes to the danger posed
by the ordinances?” asked the Chief Minister.
Now that their game-plan had been completely exposed, the Akalis were left
with no option but to take a public stand against the farm Bills to protect their
electoral vote-bank in Punjab, Captain Amarinder quipped, asserting that the
people of the state had rejected them earlier and will reject them again.
-NAV GILL
