Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday called Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal ’s resignation from the Cabinet ov...
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday called Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s resignation from the Cabinet over the agriculture bills a case of “too little too late” and said it was nothing but a “gimmick” to fool farmers, PTI reported. Singh said the decision was politically motivated to protect the party’s vote bank in Punjab.
Badal, an MP of the Shiromani Akali Dal, one of the oldest allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party, resigned from the Narendra Modi Cabinet on Thursday after publicly criticising the farmers policy of the government. The announcement was made in the Lok Sabha by Shiromani Akali Dal President and her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal as he opposed two of the agriculture ordinances in the House. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that she resigned to show support to the protesting farmers
But Singh said her decision was “another in the long chain of theatrics” being enacted by the party to save their own dwindling political fortunes. He said this was because the “Badals had lost all credibility in the eyes of Punjab’s people”.
The chief minister also questioned SAD’s decision to continue to remain a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance despite the “slap on their face” by...
