Please stand by beleaguered, toiling farmers in hour of need, says Akali Dal president
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday urged President Ram Nath Kovind not to put his seal of approval on the agriculture sector Bills that have been passed by the Parliament.
“I beseech you to please stand by the beleaguered and toiling farmers, farm labours, mandi labours and Dalits in their hour of need. They are facing exploitation and look up to you to exercise your discretion as the highest executive in the country, and come to their rescue by not signing these bills so that they do not acquire the finality of an Act,” Mr. Badal said.
He requested the President to return the Bills to the Parliament for reconsideration so that “the hasty decisions taken in a fleeting moment of overzealous stubbornness do not leave permanent scars on the nation’s psyche nor…