Chandigarh, Jan 4, 2022 (Yes Punjab News)
Five times Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to create the right atmosphere for his much-delayed visit to Punjab by first taking some concrete steps to expose the conspiracy behind the on-going incidents of sacrilege against Sikh faith and resolving the other major political, religious and economic issues facing the people of Punjab.
Mr Badal listed five major issues on which he said a Prime Ministerial package would lend credence and respectability to Mr Modi’s visit to Punjab . “As PM, you would earn a lot of good will and my personal gratitude if, before coming here, you announce an economic, political, agricultural and territorial package to meet the demands of the Punjabis.
“ The former CM also drew the PM’s attention to thousands of Sikh families awaiting justice for the massacre of 1984. Mr Badal said that the PM’s visit would then truly be a welcome gesture and would heal many past wounds inflicted by successive Congress governments.
The former CM said that he was making this request on the eve of the PM’s visit “just to remind him of his sacred obligations to the country’s food bowl and sword arm, Punjab.
The former Chief Minister also demanded a major agricultural economic package to pull the Punjab farmers out of the tragic crisis into which they have sunken as a result of agricultural indebtedness.
The senior statesman said that the visit of the Prime Minister to the state was always a welcome step despite being too close to elections to sound genuine. “But it would be a great gesture if you go beyond optics and announce steps like an inquiry by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court to go into the conspiracy behind the painful series of sacrilegious incidents against Sikh faith and address other issues facing the people of the state.”
Mr Badal asked the PM to heed the expectations of Punjabis on the resolution of their other long standing major demands including the transfer of Chandigarh and other Punjabi- speaking areas and the resolution of the river waters issue along Riparian principle.
Mr Badal also drew the attention of the Prime Minister to the loss of over 800 lives in the struggle against the three Back Laws on agriculture and said that these sacrifices must be acknowledged by concrete gesture by the Union government to help their families. “This was especially important as these sacrifices were made opposing the laws framed by the Union Government and the government has since acknowledged the advisability of annulling these laws.”
Mr Badal said that Punjabis would truly and cordially welcome the Prime Minister if he demonstrates a genuine will to address and solve their problems as only a PM can.
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