{"id":12506,"date":"2020-09-17T20:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=12506"},"modified":"2020-09-19T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T11:26:07","slug":"harsimrat-kaur-badal-quits-union-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/harsimrat-kaur-badal-quits-union-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Union Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cNormal course of action for any Akali\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSAD can\u2019t be a party to anything anti-farmer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFarmers trust in SAD sacred to us: \u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n

Confident that NDA will continue to work for peace, communal harmony in Punjab<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chandigarh\/September 17\u2013<\/strong> Senior Akali leader and Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal today quit the Union Cabinet saying the Shiromani Akali Dal could never be a party to any decision that goes against the interests of the farmers.<\/p>\n

\"Harsimrat<\/p>\n

\u201cMy decision symbolizes my party\u2019s vision, its glorious legacy and its commitment to go to any extent to safeguard the interests of the farmers,\u201d she said in a four-page letter of resignation addressed to the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud that today I am able in my humble way to take that legacy forward,\u201d said Mrs Badal, adding that she deemed it an honour that farmers always had the greatest expectations from SAD alone, and that the party had always lived up to those expectations. \u201cThat legacy will not change, come what may. The trust farmers place in us is sacred to us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said that her decision was \u201c guided by the iconic legacy of Sardar Parkash Singh Badal for fighting to defend national interests, be it against the Emergency or for the establishment of a federal structure in the country as well as preserving external security or food security.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later talking to newspersons, Mrs Badal said that she did not consider her step as any \u201csacrifice\u201d but just a natural and normal course for any proud Akali wedded to the Panthic values and to the cause of the farmers, whom she described as \u201cannadata\u201d of the nation.\u201dThe real sacrifices are made by the farmers themselves. I am just standing by them as their daughter and sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her letter to the Prime Minster , Mrs Badal said her decision follows \u201cthe decision of the Government of India to go ahead with the controversial Bills without addressing and removing the apprehensions of the farmers and the decision of the Shiromani Akali Dal not to be a part of something that is anti farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has requested the Prime Minister to accept her resignation \u201cwith immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs Badal said that \u201cbefore during and after the promulgation of the three Ordinances\u201d , she had tried her best to persuade the Cabinet to take the actual stake holders of this decision, the farmers, on board and remove their apprehensions and concerns. \u201cAll this while, I was given the impression that since an Ordinance is only a temporary arrangement, my concerns and pleas would be addressed while legislating on the issue in the Parliament.\u201d But, said Mrs Badal, she was deeply hurt that despite her and her party\u2019s persistent pleas and efforts in this regard, the government had not taken the farmers on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that her party , \u201calways followed the great Guru Sahiban who have taught us never to compromise on one\u2019s principles and to stand up for what one strongly believes to be right. That is precisely what I am doing today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mrs Badal however expressed satisfaction that she was able to live up to the expectations of the people who have placed their complete trust in her.<\/p>\n

Describing her tenure as minister as \u201ca remarkable and most memorable period of my life\u201d, she said she was satisfied that \u201dthe NDA govt delivered on many critical and long standing issues of the Sikh community, including justice for thousands of innocent Sikhs who were subjected to 1984 massacre by Congress goons.\u201dThe survivors of victims finally saw a ray of hope and a glimpse of justice. Sajjan Kumar is behind the bars and law has caught up with scores of others. Prime culprits like Jagdish Tytler.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also expressed satisfaction that the SAD as part of NDA government was able to get the dreaded Black Lists of Sikhs abroad abolished and rescue Sikhs trapped in Afghanistan and some other parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs Badal recounted major achievements of SAD through NDA govt for Punjab. The GST waiver on Langar, permission granted to foreign donations to the Darbar Sahib under FRCA are among the many Panthic issues addressed by this govt. She said she was grateful that NDA gave Punjab AIIMS, Bathinda, IIM, Amritsar, PGIHRE, Amritsar, plus a network of world-class Highways and Super Highways, the International and Domestic Airports at Mohali, Bathinda and Adampur, flights for Darshan at the Holy Takhat at Nanded Sahib\u201d Earlier, even the biggest industrial project in Punjab, the 22000 crore Shri Guru Gobind Singh Refinery Bathinda was also set up during NDA govt.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the most memorable moment for me and for every devout Sikh came with the historic opening of Kartarpur Sahib corridor for which the Sikhs had been praying in their daily Ardas for three quarters of a century.\u201d<\/p>\n

Significantly, Mrs Badal recalled \u201cthe three-decades old alliance formed by two legendary icons , Sardar Parkash Singh Badal and Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee which had not only revived the faith of the Sikh masses in justice and fair play but also served as the most enduring guarantee of peace and communal harmony in Punjab.\u201d She said she was confident that the alliance would continue to work together to maintain the hard earned atmosphere of peace and communal harmony in Punjab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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