On Saturday, SDA leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal attacked the NDA over the agriculture bill. (File)
Chandigarh / New Delhi:
Last night, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal attacked the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after her party left the coalition over the controversial Farm Bill, which was approved by Parliament last week. In a tweet, he said the NDA no longer envisions a coalition led by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
“If the grief and protests of 3 crore Punjabis fail to quell the tough stance of the Government of India (Government of India), it is no longer the #DNDA envisioned by Vajpayeeji and Badal Saheb. She read in a tweet that the blind eye on the requests of people feeding the nation is no longer in the interest of PB, (SIC).
His latest remarks come about a week after he resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet as his party faced heat from farmers initially supporting the BJP’s farmers’ sector bill. Mrs Badal, who was present at the cabinet meeting that approved the bill, resigned shortly before the bill was passed by the Lok Sabha, and tweeted that she was “proud to stand with the farmers as her daughter and sister.” Is “.
If the pain and protests of 3 crore Punjabis fail to melt the tough stance of the Government of India, it will no longer exist # DNDA Vajpayee ji and Badal Saheb envisioned an alliance that turns the deaf ear to its oldest ally and the blind eye to plead with those who feed the nation is no longer in PB’s interest. https://t.co/OqU6at00Jx
– Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@ HarsimratBadal_) September 26, 2020
The SAD became the third major member of the NDA to leave the group after the Shiv Sena and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Saturday amid protests over the controversial Farm Bill, which was approved by Parliament last week.
Harsimrat Badal’s husband, Sukhbir Singh Badal, chief of the Akali Dal in Chandigarh, said: He noted that the controversial bills are “deadly and destructive” to the farmers of his main electorate.
Two bills relating to the agricultural sector – the Farmers ‘Production Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers’ (Empowerment and Defense) Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 were approved by Parliament on Sunday. In the absence of protests amid fierce opposition, a third bill – the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill – was passed.
While the opposition has termed the bill ‘anti-farmer’, farmers fear that they will no longer get the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their produce.
With the entry of private players into the agricultural sector, farmers will lose the power of bargaining, critics have claimed.
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