Don’t sign farm Bills, Sukhbir Badal urges President

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 20

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has urged President Ramnath Kovind not to sign the Bills on farm issues.

He requested the President to return the Bills to parliament for reconsideration. “Please stand by the farmers, kisan mazdoors, arhtiyas, Mandi labour and Dalits,” he said.

“Please intervene on their behalf with the government. Otherwise they will never forgive us,” the SAD president said in a statement, adding that don’t let the ‘annadata’ starve or sleep on the roads.

The SAD chief added that the passage of Bill marks a sad day for the country’s millions and for democracy.

“Democracy means consensus, not majority oppression,” he said.