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States » NorthPosted at: Dec 3 2020 5:24PM


Parkash Badal returns Padma Vibhushan in protest against farm acts

Chandigarh, Dec 3 (UNI) Akali stalwart, former Union Minister and five time Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Parkash Badal today returned the Padam Vibhushan award “in protest against “the betrayal of the farmers by the Government of India and against the shocking indifference and contempt with which the Govt is treating the ongoing peaceful and democratic agitation of the farmers against the three farm Acts.”

“I am who I am because of the people, especially the common farmer. Today when he has lost more than his honour, I see no point in holding on to the Padma Vibhushan honour”said the Akali stalwart in his letter to the president Ram Nath Kovind.
Mr Badal described the betrayal of the farmers by the government as “bolts from the blue on the already beleaguered peasantry of the country” adding that ”farmer finds himself waging bitter struggles in severe cold just to secure his fundamental right to live . “
In a letter written in a deeply emotional and painful strain and e-mailed to the President this morning, Mr Badal said,” After Panthic ideals of peace and communal harmony, farmers have been my second religious passion. Everything I have, everything I take pride in, every moment of glory or every office of public service that has been bestowed on me during my long public career has been purely because of my commitment to these ideals in which farmers have remained at the center of everything.

“ When the country honoured me with Padam Vibhushan, I knew that it was only in acknowledgement of my commitment to the people in which the farmers featured most prominently. I owe it to them,” he said.
In his letter to the President, Mr Badal listed his reasons for feeling “hurt and betrayed” by the government’s attitude and actions against the farmers. “ When the Government of India had brought the Ordinances, assurances were given that the farmers’ apprehensions on these Ordinances would be addressed to their satisfaction while bringing the relevant Bills and subsequently the Acts. Trusting these assurances, I even appealed to the farmers to believe the Government’s word. But I was shocked when the Government simply went back on its word.”
The former Chief Minister described the period after betrayal as “the most painful and embarrassing moment in my long political career. I just cannot put in words the pain and emotional stress which I have been going through since then. I have truly begun to wonder why has the Government of the country become so heartless, so cynical and so ungrateful towards the farmers.”
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