Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday handed over a memorandum to Punjab Governor VP Singh Bandore seeking immediate withdrawal of the Ordinance on air pollution, passed by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice a day before.AAP’s delegation, led by party's senior leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema and state youth wing president and MLA Meet Hayer, submitted the memorandum demanding that the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Funds should withdraw its letter dated October 23, 2020, on RDF currently on hold and ordered immediate release of Rural Development Fund  worth Rs 1000 crore to Punjab.The party described Centre’s both decisions as premature and unilateral, heaped on the farmers when they were waging a big battle fighting back the three draconian farm laws of the government. The delegates said that besides being an affront to the country's federal structure, the laws were a brazen attempt on the part of the Centre to meddle in the affairs of the state. “The lopsided move to implement these contentious laws at this crucial time would adversely affect not only the state's economy, but also its industry, rural development, besides robbing the Punjab's farmers of their legitimate rights,” said the delegation.

AAP delegation said that, instead of cracking a whip on the farmers for the pollution caused by the burning of straw, besides initiating legal proceedings against them, the Central and State Governments should provide scientific and economic solutions to the disposal of straw, saying that they were forced to burn straw under duress.