New Delhi,(Sanjay Minka)-Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned as Union Minister of Food Processing Industries in protest over the farm bills that the Centre has introduced in Parliament. An NDA ally, SAD has been at loggerheads with the BJP over the farm bills, which has triggered strong protests in Punjab and Haryana by farmer organisations. The protesting farmers have said that the bills would end the assured minimum support price regime for agriculture produce. “I have resigned from Union Cabinet in protest against anti-farmer ordinances and legislation. Proud to stand with farmers as their daughter and sister,” the SAD leader tweeted. In his speech during a discussion on two of the farm bills, Sukhbir Singh Badal said the proposed laws would “destroy” the 50 years of hard work done by successive Punjab governments to build the farm sector. “I announce that Harsimrat Kaur Badal will resign from the government,” he said.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal quits Modi govt to protest farm bills
