Call special Vidhan Sabha session within 7 days, SAD asks Capt

Chandigarh
Taking an aggressive posture against the state government, the SAD today gave a seven-day ultimatum to Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh to convene a special Vidhan Sabha session to declare the entire state a notified mandi (principal market area) and reject the Centre’s recent Acts on farm marketing as well as repeal its own amended APMC Act of 2017.

The SAD said in the event the CM refused to convene a session, the party would gherao his residence. A decision to this effect was taken at a special meeting of the SAD core committee chaired by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal here this afternoon.

The committee reiterated its continued support to the farmers’ organisations fighting for the cause of the peasantry especially with regard to the three central Acts.

Harcharan Bains, principal adviser to the SAD president, said: “The ultimatum to Capt Amarinder Singh has become necessary in view of the CM’s continued refusal to take a clear stand against the anti-farmer Acts of the Government of India as well as his refusal to declare the entire state a principal market area where the Centre’s Acts would no longer be implementable.”

The core committee also decided to take up the issue of early reopening of the Kartarpur corridor with the External Affairs Minister soon to ensure Sikh pilgrims could pay obeisance at the Pakistan shrine in the run-up to the 551th Parkash Purab of Guru Nanak Dev.

“The core committee also served an ultimatum to take action against SC Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in the Rs 69 crore SC scholarship scam or be ready to face an agitation,” said Bains. The committee expressed concern at the mishandling of the Hathras incident by the UP Government and asked it to ensure the victim family received justice. It was also decided the entire organisational structure of the party would be completed by November 15.

Those present at the meeting included Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Tota Singh, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, Charanjit Singh Atwal, SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Sikander Singh Maluka, Bikram Singh Majithia and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon.