Amarinder Singh appeals to farmers to not protest in Punjab as it is not in state's interest

The Congress leader attacked the Centre and said that the constitution has been amended 127 times since 1950, "so why not one more time to repeal the farm laws for providing succour to the farmers who have been sitting at Singhu and Tikri borders".

New Delhi: Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday (September 13, 2021) told farmers that their ongoing protests in Punjab are not in the state's interest. Singh appealed to the representatives of farmers' unions to not hold protests across the state against the three new farm laws as the state and its people have already expressed solidarity with them on this issue. "I want to tell Punjab farmers that this is their land. Their ongoing protests here are not in the state's interest. Instead of holding protests in the state, farmers should mount pressure on the Centre to get farm laws repealed," Singh said at the foundation laying ceremony in Hoshiarpur. He said that these ongoing protests at 113 places in Punjab by the farmers were not at all in the interests of the state, which has considerably impacted its economic development and hoped his request would be acceded by the farmers on agitation.