Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Says Not Afraid To Resign But Won't Let New Farm Laws Ruin Farmers

Asserting that he was prepared to resign rather than bow down to "injustice", Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday presented four bills in the Vidhan Sabha to negate the application of the Union Government's farm laws in the state. “I am not afraid of resigning. I am not afraid of my government being dismissed. But I will not let farmers suffer or be ruined,” Amarinder Singh said, while pointing out that he had chosen to quit at the time of Operation Blue Star instead of accepting or endorsing the assault on Sikh ethos.

The main clergyman was talking in the Vidhan Sabha while introducing his administration's four bills to nullify the Union Government's homestead laws, on the second day of the uncommon meeting of the House. Forewarning the Center against permitting the circumstance to turn crazy, he cautioned that if the ranch laws are not disavowed, furious youth will come out in the city to join the ranchers, prompting tumult. The status quo going on as of now, the circumstance can possibly upset the tranquil climate of the state, Singh cautioned, while reviewing that this is the thing that had occurred during the 80s and 90s in the state. Both China and Pakistan will plot and attempt to exploit any interruption of the state's tranquility, which would represent a genuine danger to public security, he included. 

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his full help to the unsettling ranchers, who, he stated, were left with no choice except for to battle to spare themselves and their families, Singh spoke to them to assist the state government by finishing the Rail Roko disturbance and mentioned them to permit development of fundamental items in the state. "We have remained with you, presently it is your potential for success to have with us," he spoke to the ranchers, including that the whole House was with them yet included that the state was experiencing difficult stretches, with power age at a tricky low, no urea for manures and no space in godowns for new paddy appearances.

The four bills introduced by Singh to counter the Centre's laws are -- the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment Bill 2020, the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment) Bill 2020, and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment) Bill 2020.

The chief minister has claimed that the abovementioned four bills will prevent the damage that the centre’s farm laws will cause the state. Pointing out that the state government had not been paid its promised GST, Singh also questioned the Centre over its "failure to adhere to the constitutional guarantees.”