CHANDIGARH: SAD boss Sukhbir Singh Badal, his wife and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur BadalPrem Singh Chandumajra and other senior Akali leaders were detained by the Chandigarh police on Thursday night while on their way to the Punjab governor’s residence to protest the controversial new agricultural laws. Police even used …
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NEW DELHI: All three controversial farm bills that have led to nationwide protests by farmers and opposition parties were approved by the president Ram Nath Kovind September 24. The legislation, which was published in the official gazette on Sunday, will take effect immediately. Although farmers’ organizations have argued that the …
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CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal boss Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday qualified the presidential assent to the contentious agrarian legislation and to the Jammu and Kashmir Official language bill as “sad, disappointing and extremely unfortunate”. In a statement here, Badal said it was a “dark day for the country” as the …
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CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal announced Saturday night his decision to break his 24-year alliance with BJP less than 10 days after he stepped down from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government with the resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal on the approval of three agro-marketing bills in Parliament. The alliance between SAD …
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NEW DELHI: BJP’s oldest ally, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), is considering whether or not to stay in the NDA after the “forced” passage of farm bills in Parliament. The party had opposed the bills. The head of the party, Sukhbir Singh Badal, asked President Ram Nath Kovind to send the …
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CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday called on the union government not to present the three central agricultural ordinances for approval in parliament until all reservations expressed by the ‘Kisan’ organizations, as well as farmers and khet mazdoor are properly managed. A decision to this effect was made …
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