Amid rising dissent amongst farmers concerning the starvation strike by Jagjit Singh Dallewal, convenor of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political), senior BJP chief and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met union Residence Minister Amit Shah.
In a late-night submit on X, Amarinder shared photos of his assembly with Shah, stating, “Met with Hon’ble Residence Minister Amit Shah ji and mentioned varied present problems with Punjab.” Amarinder couldn’t be reached for additional particulars concerning the assembly, however a number of feedback on his submit expressed hope for a decision to the farmers’ points.
Notably, on February 19 final yr, shortly after farmers started tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri borders, Amarinder met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Accompanied by his daughter and Punjab BJP Mahila Morcha president Jai Inder Kaur, he had mentioned a variety of points regarding Punjab, together with farmers’ grievances. On the time, Amarinder expressed confidence that the problems can be resolved quickly.
Nevertheless, simply two days after his assembly with the PM, on February 21, 2024, farmer Shubhkaran Singh was killed on the Khanauri border throughout a conflict as farmers tried to march towards the Haryana border. Tear fuel shells and rubber bullets had been fired from the Haryana facet.
Farmers have been stationed on the Shambhu and Khanauri borders since February 13 final yr. The final communication between farmer union leaders and the central authorities occurred on February 18, 2024.
As Dallewal’s starvation strike entered its forty first day on Sunday, Amarinder’s assembly with the Residence Minister positive aspects significance, given the farmers’ calls for for the Centre to renew talks.
Through the 2020-2021 agitation towards the farm legal guidelines, Amarinder performed a key function as a mediator between farmers and the union authorities, holding a number of conferences with farmer union leaders in Punjab. The farm legal guidelines had been finally repealed on November 19, 2021. Later, Amarinder’s newly floated occasion, the Punjab Lok Congress, contested the 2022 Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections in alliance with the BJP.
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