Quickly resolve stand-off: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh

Punjab CM meets Amit Shah, urges him to listen to farmers with an open mind.

December 03, 2020 01:02 pm | Updated 11:04 pm IST - New Delhi

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh arrives at Home Minister Amit Shah's residence for a meeting in New Delhi, on Dec. 3, 2020.

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh arrives at Home Minister Amit Shah's residence for a meeting in New Delhi, on Dec. 3, 2020.

Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Thursday and requested him to listen to the farmers with an open mind and “ quickly resolve the stand-off .”

After the half-hour meeting, Capt. Singh told reporters outside Mr. Shah’s residence that the protests should be ended soon as the matter also pertained to national security.

“We have reiterated our position, it is between the farmers and the Government of India now, it was for them to resolve. I came to meet the Home Minister to reiterate our position and to also make a request to him and the farmers that we must resolve the issue soon because this affects the economy of my State and also national security,” the Chief Minister said. The Punjab Assembly had passed legislation to negate the farm laws passed by Parliament. The laws are yet to get the Governor’s nod.

Later he tweeted, “Today I met Union Home Minister @AmitShah Ji and reiterated the need to protect MSP & continue with the APMC based mandi system. Requested him to listen to the farmers with an open mind & quickly resolve the standoff.”

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country have assembled on Delhi borders to protest against the three farm laws passed in September.

Earlier in the day, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar met Mr. Shah over the farmers’ agitation. Mr. Tomar later held a seven-hour meeting with farmer leaders at Vigyan Bhavan.

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