In an effort to put up a united front against the central government, a unanimous decision was taken on Monday at a meeting of all major political parties in Punjab demanding immediate withdrawal of the notification to increase the state’s jurisdiction. Border Security Force (BSF) 15 km to 50 km in the state.
The all-party meeting was called by the Punjab Congress, though the state unit of the BJP decided to miss it.
Chief Minister Charanjit Channi said that in the all-party meeting, it has also been decided to convene a session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly to outright reject the notification of BSF. Terming the notification politically motivated, PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said the notification was timely in the upcoming assembly elections. “Notification amounts to creating a state within a state,” he said.
He insisted that law and order was a state subject and cited the example of West Bengal, where BSF was used to atrocities on people during the assembly elections. “Since the BJP has been completely rejected in Punjab, the saffron party is abusing its powers to create trouble in Punjab,” he said, adding that the Center did not take the state into confidence while issuing the notification. Had taken.
Channi said, “All the parties unanimously passed a resolution that this notification be withdrawn (by the central government). If the government does not do so, the parties have decided to convene a session of the assembly on it.
“A resolution to repeal three central agricultural laws will be brought in the assembly session to be held in the next 15 days,” he said. Sidhu said that the battle will be fought in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha also. In addition to starting the movement.
Earlier, the Punjab unit of the BJP has decided to boycott the meeting, claiming that there is no conflict between the BSF and the state police. Alleging that the Congress-led Punjab government has failed to fulfill the promises made in the manifesto, the party said the Congress government should discuss the party’s manifesto during the all-party meeting. “There is no confrontation between the BSF and the state police and the material seized during the search operation will be handed over to the police,” a party spokesperson said.
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