Updated Jan 31, 2021 | 19:46 IST
Badal also said the BKU leader has made the entire farming community proud by walking into the footsteps of his father Mahender Singh Tikait Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
Sukbhir Badal congratulated Rakesh Tikait for his fight against the farm laws and assured him all support of Akali Dal
He urged opposition parties to strengthen the movement further to ensure the Kisan Andolan is a resounding success
New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday met with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait and assured him of all the support in the ongoing farmers protest against the three farm laws.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday appealed the government not to deny the constitutional right for a peaceful march in Delhi to law abiding farmers of the country on January 26.SAD s call came at the end of a three-hour meeting of the .
Akali Dal to meet like-minded parties to bolster federalism
By IANS| Published: 7th January 2021 9:53 pm IST
Chandigarh, Jan 7 : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday said it has decided to create a joint strategy along with like-minded parties on ways and means to strengthen the federal structure of the country which is being “eroded under the NDA government”.
The parties will hold a conference in New Delhi after January 15 whose main focus will be on erosion of federalism and its impact on farmers as well as financial well being of states.
Disclosing this in a statement here, senior SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said a three-member party committee had been formed by party President Sukhbir Singh Badal to reach out to lik-eminded parties who were perturbed by the rise of a unitary system in the country.
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