Reconsider, Akalis urge ally BJP
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 14
Within hours of tabling of the three farm Bills in Parliament, BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) asked the BJP to reconsider the Bills and address the concerns of the farmers.
The Akalis had earlier backed the government on the issue. SAD president Sukhbir Badal will meet BJP chief JP Nadda on the matter.
Mustering support
SAD president Sukhbir Badal will be meeting BJP chief JP Nadda regarding farmers’ concerns over the Bills
AdvertisementSenior party leader Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra met leaders of the JJP and farm organisations from Uttar Pradesh to seek their support on the matter
Akali leader Prof PS Chandumajra has already met leaders of Haryana’s Jannayak Janta Party.
The BJP and the JJP are coalition partners in Haryana. The JJP is reportedly unhappy over the lack of clarity on the Bills. Chandumajra has also met farm leaders of Uttar Pradesh.
Nearly 200 farmer groups that are part of the All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee held protests across the country today.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and the All-India Kisan Sabha are against the Bills too.
