Harsimrat Kaur Badal resign from Modi govt in protest over farm bills: Report
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday announced in Lok Sabha that party leader and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal will quit the Modi government in protest against the three farm bills tabled by the Centre in Parliament. "I announce that Harsimrat Kaur Badal will resign from the government," Sukhbir Singh Badal said in Lok Sabha.
She is the only SAD representative in the Modi government. The Punjab party is the oldest BJP ally.
In his speech during a discussion on two of the farm bills -- the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, Sukhbir Singh Badal said the proposed laws will "destroy" the 50 years of hard work done by successive Punjab governments to build the farm sector.
He recalled Punjab's massive contribution in making India self-sufficient in food grain production as he vehemently opposed the bills.
The bills -- which the BJP claims is big ticket reform in the agri sector -- have hugely upset the farmers of Punjab and Haryana, who have been holding protests for weeks.
(With PTI inputs)
