Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi and urged him to repeal the controversial farm laws.
A Punjab government release on the meeting said that the CM asked the PM to immediately initiate steps for repealing the farm laws against which farmers have been protesting for eight months.
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Pointing to the prolonged farmers stir, which cost lives of over 400 farmers, Singh said it had the potential of posing security threats for Punjab & the country with Pak-backed anti-India forces looking to exploit the farmers’ disgruntlement.
The Punjab CM also said that the continued agitation was not only impacting economic activities in Punjab but also had the potential to affect the social fabric, especially when political parties and groups take strong positions.