Terming the President’s assent to the Farm Bills as unfortunate and distressing, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said his government is exploring all options, including possible amendments to the state laws, to protect the interests of the farmers.
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal also described it as sad, disappointing and extremely unfortunate. He said that SAD will chalk out the next course of action after due deliberations.
Capt Amarinder added that his government was already in consultation with legal and agricultural experts, and all those impacted by the Central government’s calamitous legislations, to decide on the future course of action.
“Besides legal recourse, my government was looking at other options to scuttle the Centre’s new Agriculture laws that are designed to ruin Punjab’s farmers and economy,” said Capt Amarinder. He is scheduled to sit on dharna on Monday at Khatkar Kalan, SBS Nagar, after paying tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh.