The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday asked the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to take a categorical cabinet decision to stop the deployment of the BSF in almost half the state. It also demanded a similar executive decision to stop the implementation of the three Black Farm Laws.
The party’s Core Committee which met here, demanded an executive order by the Punjab government directing its officers not to allow the implementation of the central decision in the state as these fall under the Sate subjects in the constitution of India.
“The Congress government led by Charanjit Singh Channi is trying to befool the people of Punjab by offering a Vidhan Sabha resolution on these two issues while the fact is that his own govt is fully empowered to stop the implementation of central roders on issues which fall under the state govt’s jurisdiction. Agriculture and law and order are state subjects. These are administrative matters and the Vidhan Sabha has nothing to do with these. It is for the executive to decide what its administrative machinery would allow or disallow in the state. A Vidhan Sabha resolution is at best an expression of noble intent but the issue here is not of intent but of actual,” said a resolution of the SAD Core Committee.
“Why are they coming to the Vidhan Sabha for a resolution.? Is the Vidhan Sabha stopping the Punjab government from passing executive orders to stop BSF and Farm Laws? CM Channi wants only optics and PR mileage. He should actually tell the people why he has not ordered his administration to stop BSF deployment and Farm Laws so far?” said the resolution.
Giving details of the Core Committee proceedings, Harcharan Bains, Principal Advisor to the SAD President, said that the SAD also slammed the decision of the Government of India to extend the provisions of the J and K anti terror Act to Punjab also, calling it a frontal assault on federalism. SAD asked the Congress government to come clean on its stand against the center’s decision in this regard.
The Core Committee also demanded a compensation of Rs 50,000 and Rs 15,000 per acre respectively to farmers and farm labour affected by the crop damage due to Pink Bollworm.
“The compensation of Rs 12000 announced by the Channi govt is a cruel joke on farmers and farm labour.”