<p>The SAD on Thursday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over the issue of farm Bills, alleging his government's “active participation” in framing the legislation.</p>.<p>Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader Daljit Singh Cheema asked the CM to issue a white paper on his “participation” in the meeting of a high-powered committee on agriculture.</p>.<p>“The CM has backstabbed the farming community of Punjab in the meeting of the high-powered committee set up by the Centre,” Cheema alleged while talking to the media here.</p>.<p>He claimed that the CM was trying to “conceal” his “participation” in framing three farm-related legislations.</p>.<p>The CM had rejected the Centre's claim that Punjab was taken on board before the promulgation of three farm-related ordinances, replaced by the Bills in Parliament by the Centre.</p>.<p>Singh had reacted to a statement made in Parliament by Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Raosaheb Patil Danve, that the high-powered committee on agriculture had decided on the ordinances after due consideration by all member states.</p>.<p>Cheema said it was shocking that the CM was now “uttering blatant lies” to “hide” his involvement in supporting the ordinances.</p>.<p>He said not only was the CM a member of the high-powered committee which framed the ordinances but Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal also attended a meeting of the panel in Mumbai.</p>.<p>“ The Congress-led government also sent a six-page note to the Centre which formed its reaction to the discussion on the ordinances,” he claimed.</p>.<p>“Now that it has been proven beyond doubt that the Congress government had actively participated in the framing of the ordinances, the state government must issue a white paper detailing all the meetings, ministers and officers who had participated in the same,” he said.</p>.<p>“All this is necessary to make it clear to people as to who betrayed them,” said Cheema.</p>.<p>Cheema, a former Punjab minister, claimed that the Congress-led government's response highlighted the need of market reforms and said freeing the agriculture market was the only way farmers could get higher prices for their agricultural produce.</p>.<p>He said the Congress in its manifesto during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls had promised to repeal the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act and allow free inter-state trade without any restrictions.</p>
<p>The SAD on Thursday hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over the issue of farm Bills, alleging his government's “active participation” in framing the legislation.</p>.<p>Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader Daljit Singh Cheema asked the CM to issue a white paper on his “participation” in the meeting of a high-powered committee on agriculture.</p>.<p>“The CM has backstabbed the farming community of Punjab in the meeting of the high-powered committee set up by the Centre,” Cheema alleged while talking to the media here.</p>.<p>He claimed that the CM was trying to “conceal” his “participation” in framing three farm-related legislations.</p>.<p>The CM had rejected the Centre's claim that Punjab was taken on board before the promulgation of three farm-related ordinances, replaced by the Bills in Parliament by the Centre.</p>.<p>Singh had reacted to a statement made in Parliament by Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Raosaheb Patil Danve, that the high-powered committee on agriculture had decided on the ordinances after due consideration by all member states.</p>.<p>Cheema said it was shocking that the CM was now “uttering blatant lies” to “hide” his involvement in supporting the ordinances.</p>.<p>He said not only was the CM a member of the high-powered committee which framed the ordinances but Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal also attended a meeting of the panel in Mumbai.</p>.<p>“ The Congress-led government also sent a six-page note to the Centre which formed its reaction to the discussion on the ordinances,” he claimed.</p>.<p>“Now that it has been proven beyond doubt that the Congress government had actively participated in the framing of the ordinances, the state government must issue a white paper detailing all the meetings, ministers and officers who had participated in the same,” he said.</p>.<p>“All this is necessary to make it clear to people as to who betrayed them,” said Cheema.</p>.<p>Cheema, a former Punjab minister, claimed that the Congress-led government's response highlighted the need of market reforms and said freeing the agriculture market was the only way farmers could get higher prices for their agricultural produce.</p>.<p>He said the Congress in its manifesto during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls had promised to repeal the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act and allow free inter-state trade without any restrictions.</p>