Former Punjab CM Parkash Badal returns his Padma Vibhushan over farm protest

Former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday symbolically returned his Padma Vibhushan to protest against the new agricultural laws. Badal said he is returning his award to protest the “betrayal of farmers” by the government. Thousands of farmers from neighbouring states, mainly Punjab, have settled in and around the national capital as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest against the three new agricultural reforms which have been dubbed as “black laws” by the protesting farmers. The government has repeatedly conveyed that the three farm laws will help farmers in getting better price for their produce and usher economic growth in the agriculture sector.