Chandigarh, Sep 17 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday said Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s decision to quit the Union Cabinet was another in the long chain of theatrics being enacted by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which has still not quit the ruling coalition despite the slap on their face by the central government over the Farm Bills.
Questioning Shiromani Akali Dal’s decision to continue to remain a part of the BJP-led NDA coalition at the centre, the Chief Minister said even Harsimrat’s resignation was nothing more than a gimmick to befool the farmers of Punjab. “But they (the Akalis) will not succeed in misleading the farmer organisations,” he said, calling it a case of ‘too little, too late.’
Harsimrat’s resignation from the Union Cabinet has come too late to be of any help to Punjab and its farmers, the Chief Minister said. Had SAD taken a stand earlier and supported his government against the ordinances, the situation might not even have come to such a pass, and the Centre might have thought 10 times before introducing the ordinances and pushing the anti-farmer legislations in Parliament, he added.