Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s request to Governor VP Singh Badnore to postpone civic body polls in the state “on baseless ground of law and order situation” showed that the party was in panic amid the farmers’ protest. The elections are scheduled to take place next year.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said earlier in the day that he will quit politics if anyone tries to end the Minimum Support Price regime. Meanwhile, the Kerala Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution against the farm laws demanding that the Centre repeal the reforms even as the farmers’ protest at Delhi’s borders entered its 36th day.
Tens of thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting at the national Capital’s borders with Uttar Pradesh at Chilla and Ghazipur as they demand a repeal of the three contentious farm laws. The borders are shut for those travelling from Noida and Ghaziabad.
The protestors say…