Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday called for an urgent resolution of the deadlock over the new agricultural reforms, claiming that a threat from Pakistan could not be undermined, reported The Indian Express. The chief minister also referred to the Operation Blue Star of 1984, and warned that prolonged negotiations at that time had led to a lot of pent-up anger, which proved to be dangerous.
“We have to work to resolve this issue before things go out of hand,” Singh said at an all party meeting, adding that he knew the amount of “drones, arms and ammunition” that were being “smuggled into the state from across the border”.
The Congress leader recalled how the Operation Blue Star happened soon after two months of negotiations, relating to a list of some 42 demands, had failed. “If anger builds here, it will be exploited”, Singh said, referring to the farmer protests.
Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on the outskirts of Delhi…