Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Calls All-Party Meet To Show Unity With Farmers

Sunday, 31 January 2021Newsdesk

Alleging that farmers from Punjab are being beaten up by police and assaulted by goons at their protest site on Delhi borders, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh called an all-party meeting on Tuesday to show unity and evolve a consensus on the way forward on the three contentious central farm laws. The meeting will be held at 11 am at Punjab Bhawan, according to a government statement issued Sunday.

New Delhi, 31 January 2021

"This is not the time to stand on ego but to come together to save our state and our people," the Chief Minister told the parties. As per the government statement, the meeting will discuss the situation arising out of the recent developments in the ongoing farmers' agitation in Delhi, especially in view of the Republic Day violence, "the Singhu border attack on farmers, and the massive vilification campaign against them".

Source -NDTV