Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said his government will again table the amendment bills to negate the ‘draconian farm laws’ in the assembly since the governor had “failed” to send to the President the bills which were passed earlier. “We will bring the bills again as the Constitution provides that if the bills are passed twice by the vidhan sabha they have to be sent by the governor to the President,” Amarinder said after an all-party meeting that he had called to discuss the farm agitation. He added that governor VP Singh Badnore should not have ‘sat over the bills’.
Pointing out that the President had refused to meet Punjab leaders after the amendment bills were passed in the vidhan sabha on the ground that he had not received the bills, the chief minister told the all-party meeting that he will seek time again from the President. At the meeting, the parties urged the Centre to redress the grievances of farmers by immediately withdrawing the three farm laws. While condemning the “sponsored violence in Delhi”, the parties decided that an all-party delegation will go to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister and raise the issue, along with other matters of concern on the farmers’ agitation. The parties said farmers have shown “exemplary resilience” in their continued fight in a democratic manner.
At the meeting, underlining the need for an early resolution of the crisis, the CM warned that there were grave challenges from Pakistan and this threat could not be undermined. “We have to work to resolve this issue before things go out of hand,” he said, adding that he knew how many drones, arms and ammunition were being smuggled into the state from across the border.
Farmers stop Bobby Deol's film shoot
The shooting of actor Bobby Deol's upcoming film 'Love Hostel' was disrupted in Punjab's Patiala district by a group of farmers protesting against the three agricultural laws, police said. The incident took place when the film's shooting was taking place at a house in Mehon village near Devigarh in Patiala district, they said. Around 150-200 farmers gathered there and halted the shooting of the film, Inspector Harmanpreet Singh, Julkan police station, Patiala, said. The protesting farmers said they will not allow the shooting as none from the actor's family spoke in favour of the protesting farmers. The police official said Bobby Deol was not present during the time of the incident.
Earlier, farmers had halted the shooting of Janhvi Kapoor's upcoming film 'Good Luck Jerry' thrice. The shooting of the film was disrupted twice in Patiala and one-time in Fatehgarh Sahib district last month. Farmers had insisted that actor Janhvi Kapoor should make a statement in support of farmers who are agitating against the Centre's three new farm laws.
