Akali Dal warns Centre about reckless, repressive steps against farmers

Chandigarh, Dec 10 : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday urged the central government not to take any reckless or repressive steps that might deepen festering emotional wounds in the farmers’ minds and weaken the sacred cause of peace and communal harmony in the country.
“Do not repeat Congress blunders of divide and rule. Do nothing that weakens national unity or disturbs peace and communal harmony for which Punjabis, especially the SAD, have made supreme sacrifices,” says a Resolution of the core committee of the party that met here.
The meeting was presided over by SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Giving details of the meeting to the media, Harcharan Bains, Principal Advisor to Badal, said that the SAD will observe the centenary of the party as “Sangharsh Samarpan Divas” for ‘Sarbat da Bhala’, with focus on farmers’ interests and justice for them.
He said “the SAD will fully safeguard peace and communal harmony in Punjab and the rest of the country at all costs and will expose and defeat every conspiracy against these ideals.
“The party is convinced that no progress in the country is possible without peace, communal harmony and national unity,” said Bains, adding that unfortunately ‘some people are not happy over this prevailing peace and harmony’.