Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said the Congress would fight the Centre’s new agriculture sector Acts constitutionally and legally.
Talking to journalists here and earlier at Khatkar Kalan, where he participated in party’s sit-in against the new legislations, Captain Amarinder said he would consult lawyers to work out the legal course of action for challenging the unconstitutional laws in the Supreme Court.
“Agitation and legal recourse will have to be undertaken simultaneously to fight these new laws and force the Union government to rethink its decision,” he said.
Threat of unrest
Asserting that he does not want Punjab’s youth and farmers to take to arms to fight for their right to live, the Chief Minister warned that these new laws will endanger the security of the border State, as Pakistan’s ISI was always on the lookout for opportunities to foment…