The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday warned the Congress government in Punjab against any move to scrapping the free power facility to farmers even as the Chief Minister ruled out any plan to withdraw free power to agriculture. The SAD held a meeting of its core committee and declared that if the State government scraps free power for agriculture directly or indirectly, the party will launch a State-wide mass movement. The SAD also condemned the government for allowing an increase in the fee in medical colleges and demanded its immediate withdrawal. Asserting that the free power facility would continue till his government is in power, Captain Amarinder said his government will take loans to bridge the fiscal deficit. The Chief Minister asked Akali Dal Sukhbir to immediately quit the ruling NDA at the Centre and demanded Union Minister and Akali leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s resignation, pointing out that it was the Centre that had directed the States to withdraw the free power.

Source: The Hindu May 30, 2020 15:21 UTC