The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday decided to observe September 17 as Black day on completion of one year of enactment of three farm laws. Party workers alongside farmers will hold a protest march from Gurdwara Rakabganj to Parliament demanding repeal of the three agri laws.
A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of party MLA s, District Presidents, Halqa Sewadars and members of the core committee was presided over by party President Sukhbir Singh Badal, here. In a statement issued here, party Senior Vice President Daljit Singh Cheema said party leaders and workers along with farmers of Punjab will participate in this protest march and he appealed to everyone to participate wholeheartedly in the same. He also disclosed that before the beginning of Protest March Ardaas will be performed for repeal of three farm laws. On this day Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal had opposed passage of three farm laws in Parliament and they were the only two MPs who voted against these bills. Akali Dal representative Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the ministry after which the SAD quit NDA and also broke its alliance with the BJP.
Cheema also said that Akali Dal is the only political party which had sacrificed Ministership and alliance for the cause of farmers whereas others only claimed to have resignation letters in their pockets which were never tendered.