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Centre wants to impose Prez rule in state: Sidhu

Centre wants to impose Prez rule in state: Sidhu

avjot Singh Sidhu. File photo

Amritsar, January 3

Amid protest against the newly enacted farm laws, former state Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said the BJP-led Centre was creating grounds for imposing President’s rule in Punjab.

He expressed his apprehension through his tweet saying, “There’s no law and order problem in Punjab. Farmers dying on Delhi’s borders should be the government’s real concern but it is maligning Punjabis and scuttling our democratic voice by projecting us as anti-national to safeguard corporate interests and create grounds for President’s rule.”

In the backdrop, reports surfaced about damage to mobile towers of a telecom firm owned by a corporate house in the state. Following this, the BJP state leadership has accused the Congress of not maintaining law and order in the state. Meanwhile, dejected by “offensive comments” being used by the BJP leadership against the farmers’ peaceful protest, senior leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal has served a legal notice to Union Minister Giriraj Singh. — TNS

Rs8 lakh relief for family of advocate who ended life

Rs8 lakh relief for family of advocate who ended life

Amarjit Singh Rai. File photo

Our Correspondent

Fazilka, January 3

A large number of residents took part in the last rites of advocate Amarjit Singh Rai who ended his life in support of farmers’ agitation at the Tikri border a week ago.

Jalalabad MLA Raminder Singh Awla, Fazilka MLA Davinder Singh Ghubaya, former minister Hans Raj Josan, Jalalabad Bar Association president Rohit Dahuja and farmer leaders paid tributes to Rai at a ceremony at Jalalabad on Saturday.

Awla handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh to the family members of the deceased on behalf of the Punjab Government. Besides, Rs 1 lakh each were given to the family by the Jalalabad Bar Association, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.