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Akali Dal pledges support to farmers’ protest
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Government ‘playing games’ with the farmers’ unions, party says
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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, (second right) along with other party members hold placards as they protest against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms at the parliament in New Delhi on January 29, 2021.
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Government ‘playing games’ with the farmers’ unions, party says
Former National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) pledged support to the protesting farmers and decried what they termed were attempts by the government to “play games” with the farmers’ unions that led, according to them, to the violence on Republic Day.
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 8
Rejecting as completely baseless and malicious all allegations and reports to the contrary, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said there was no question of deputing police officers to negotiate with farmers protesting at the Delhi border.
Pointing out that he had made it categorically clear that the ball was in the Centre’s court, with the Punjab government having no role to play in the negotiations with farmers, the chief minister ridiculed the charges being flaunted by Akali and AAP leaders on the basis of unfounded reports in a small section of the media.