Amarinder has thrown farmers back at Modi’s mercy: SAD

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 21

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday said that the Bill brought by Captain Amarinder Singh-led government and passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday has thrown the farmers back at “Modi’s mercy” by linking it to presidential assent and allowing “black laws to remain intact”.

Captain Amarinder Singh and Narendra Modi are playing a fixed match to hoodwink the farmers, alleged the party.

Addressing mediapersons here this afternoon, senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia said that the entire exercise was clearly an “orchestrated move” by the Modi-Captain duo to stop Punjab from rejecting the Centre’s acts and from being declared a Private Market Yard.

Majithia said these were the only two main objectives for which  the session had been convened and both objectives were defeated.                    

“The entire exercise was a fraud played on the farmers at the bidding of Modi government. The session was meant merely to please Modi through Bills which only throw the farmers back into Modi’s trap,” said Majithia.  

He said that Captain had deliberately brought Bills under an Article in the concurrent list on which Centre has overriding powers.

“Had the Bills been brought under the state list then the Centre’s or presidential assent would not be needed,” he said, adding, “he (Amarinder Singh) deliberately brought (Bills) under the concurrent list to put it under the Centre’s jurisdiction.”