{"id":326918,"date":"2020-09-28T09:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T09:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326918"},"modified":"2020-09-28T09:02:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T09:02:44","slug":"punjab-cm-capt-amarinder-singh-holds-sit-in-protest-against-farm-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/punjab-cm-capt-amarinder-singh-holds-sit-in-protest-against-farm-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh holds sit-in protest against farm laws\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-326921 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/amarinder-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/amarinder-1.jpg 849w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/amarinder-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/amarinder-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/amarinder-1-696x448.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/09\/amarinder-1-652x420.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/>Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday held a sit-in protest against the farm laws which have triggered protests across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI along with my colleagues from @INCPunjab held a protest against Centre&#8217;s Anti-Farmer Laws at Khatkar Kalan in SBS Nagar. Most of our farmers are small &amp; marginal who will be severely impacted by these legislations. We stand by Punjab\u2019s farmers &amp; will do everything to oppose it,\u201d Amarinder tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The three\u00a0farm bills\u00a0have been passed by both the Houses of Parliament and received the assent of President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Amarinder Singh yesterday said his government will see\u00a0if Punjab can amend state laws to protect farmers\u2019 interests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cChief Minister @capt_amarinder Singh terms Presidential assent to Farm Bills as unfortunate &amp; distressing, says his Government exploring all options including possible amedments to state law to protect farmers\u2019 interests,&#8221; CMO Punjab tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Several farmers\u2019 organisations, including from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting for the past few weeks against the three laws.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday held a sit-in protest against the farm laws which have triggered protests across the country. \u201cI along with my colleagues from @INCPunjab held a protest against Centre&#8217;s Anti-Farmer Laws at Khatkar Kalan in SBS Nagar. Most of our farmers are small &amp; marginal who will be severely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":326921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,1801,2913,2014],"tags":[1507,13493],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326922,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326918\/revisions\/326922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/326921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}