Not afraid of my govt’s dismissal: Punjab CM on negating farm laws

TIL Desk/National/Chandigarh/ Presenting four Bills formulated by his government in the Punjab Assembly to negate the three central farm laws, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday warned of threat to national security peace and asserted that he was prepared to resign or be dismissed rather than bow to “injustice to Punjab’s farmers”.

Speaking in the Assembly on the second and last day of its special session, he warned of possible disruption in the border state’s peace and threat to national security as a result of the central farm laws, pointing out that nobody can tolerate religious hurt and attack on livelihood.

“I am not afraid of resigning. I am not afraid if my government is dismissed. But I will not let the farmers suffer or be ruined,” said the Chief Minister, pointing out that he had chosen to quit in the wake of 1984 Operation Blue Star in Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar “instead of accepting or endorsing the assault on Sikh ethos”.

Cautioning the Centre against allowing the situation to get out of hand, Amarinder Singh said: “If the farm laws are not revoked, angry youths can come out on the streets to join the farmers, leading to chaos. The way things are going on, the situation has the potential to disturb the peaceful atmosphere in the state.” He said that this is what had happened in the 80s and 90s when Sikh militancy had gripped Punjab.