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prepare for talks, can be read
as pressure tactics. Former
CPM MP Hannan Mollah,
general secretary of All India
Kisan Sabha, said, “We need
to take this protest forward in
support of farmers’ demands.
The government has to take
back the farm laws.” Both Lak-
howal and Mollah attended
the talks at Vigyan Bhawan on
Thursday.
Meanwhile, Trinamool
Congress supremo and West
Bengal Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee called for a 3-day
protest in Kolkata in support of
farmers against the new farm Farmers leaders coming out after having a meeting with Union Agriculture minister Narendra singh tomar, and
laws. The decision was taken in Union minister of industry and commerce Piyush Goyal at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on thursday
the internal meeting chaired by
the Chief Minister with Trina- “economy of the state and also
mool Congress (TMC) leaders posing a serious danger to na-
and district presidents of the tional security”.
state, sources from TMC in- Commenting upon his
formed ANI. TMC will stage meeting with Union Home
Dharna on December 8, 9, Minister Amit Shah in the na-
and 10 against recently enact- tional capital on Thursday,
ed farm laws near the Gandhi Chief Minister said, “I had told
Statue in Kolkata. Union Home Minister Amit
In a series of tweets, West Shah that the amendment Bills
Bengal Chief Minister Mama- passed in Punjab Vidhan Sabha
ta Banerjee had on Thursday were the solution to breaking
tweeted, “I am very much con- the deadlock over the farmers’
cerned about the farmers, their issue as they were the essence
lives and livelihood. The cen- of the state’s future. I urged
tral government must withdraw him to get the Bills approved
the anti-farmer bills. If they do by the President.”
not do so immediately, we will A group of 25 people from malerkotla, Punjab cooks and serves food to
agitate throughout the state agitating farmers at Delhi-haryana singhu border, in New Delhi on thursday While reacting to former
and the country. From the very
start, we have been strongly op- parties in the state for “playing of the farmers, who were sitting Punjab Chief minister Par-

posing these anti-farmer bills.” politics” with the lives of the out in the cold on the roads to kash singh Badal’s deci-
“The government is sell- farmers to further their “own get their rightful due.”
ing everything. You cannot interests”. The Chief Minister’s re- sion to return the Padma
sell Railways, Air India, Coal, This comes amid Shiroma- sponse comes after former Bhushan medal to the gov-
BSNL, BHEL, banks, defense, ni Akali Dal (SAD) leaders union minister Harsimrat
etc. Withdraw ill-conceived dis- and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Badal alleged that he was under ernment of india, singh in
investment and privatization leaders targetted Punjab Chief ED pressure. “All these Badals a live video statement on
policy. We must not allow the Minister over the ongoing are alike, and they are all liars.
treasures of our nation to be farmers’ protest against three Akali leaders should stop lying Facebook said, “i do not
transformed into the BJP par- farm laws. Singh, lambasting and tell the truth as the people know why Prakash singh
ty’s personal assets,” she had all the key opposition players, know what you are,” he said.
added. right from Shiromani Akali Dal The Punjab Chief Minis- Badal got the Padma Bhu-
In a related development, (SAD) leaders Prakash Singh ter met Union Home Minis- shan in the first place.”
asserting that he was not scared Badal, Sukhbir and Harsimrat, ter Amit Shah and urged the
of the Enforcement Director- to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Centre to rethink its stand on
ate (ED) or anyone else, Pun- Kejriwal and Haryana Chief the legislations while appealing Captain Amarinder point-
jab Chief Minister Captain Minister Manohar Lal Khat- to the farmers to find an early ed out that as a member of
Amarinder Singh on Friday tar for their “flip-flops and for solution to the problem that the Union Cabinet, Harsim-
slammed all the opposition making a mockery of the fight was adversely impacting the Continued at next page... >>

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