Farm laws: Are India's new reforms a 'death warrant' for farmers?
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“Will offer my neck to protest farmers' interests”: Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi said
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Will The New Punjab CM Charanjit Channi Be A Hope For The Protesting Farmers?
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Charanjit Singh Channi has taken oath as the first Dalit Chief Minister of Punjab amid a bitter war within the state Congress. Soon after taking the oath of office, the newly-sworn in Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said his government is standing with farmers and will appeal to the Centre to withdraw the three farm laws.
In his first interaction with media after taking the oath, Chief Minister said he is representative of poor sections of society including daily wage laborers and farmers. He said I am not the representative of the rich. I am representative of the common
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‘Common man made CM’: “Channi broke down while addressing his first press conference, saying that he came from a poor family that did not have a roof over its head.
“It was because of the vision of Congress party and Rahul Gandhi that a common man has been made chief minister today,” he said.
He also thanked Sidhu after thanking the Gandhis, indicating the new power centre of Punjab Congress.
Channi, who along with Sidhu formed a major anti-Amarinder camp that finally led to his resignation, also took a dig at the outgoing chief minister, when he said that his government will not work from a drawing room, but will be out among the public and solve their problems.
Amarinder was often accused of being inaccessible even to his own MLAs. The pandemic made reaching the chief minister even more difficult, ramping up dissidence against Captain that he failed to read in time.
Channi said, “I will be a chief minister for the poor common men, daily wagers and marginalised farmers. I will never be representative of rich people, rather I will back poor rickshaw pullers. I myself did odd labour jobs and knew the pain of the poor people.”
He announced that he would waive off pending electricity and waters bills of poor people throughout the state. “We will not let the power department snap anyone’s connection due to pending bills,” he added.
“Apart from this, we will take a decision to extend units of free electricity,” said Channi. Sidhu, some time ago, had already spoken of providing up to 300 units of free electricity and electricity at cheaper rates for domestic and industrial consumers.
Channi also promised to take action against the sand and drug mafia and even spoke of cancelling illegal private transport licenses with the Badal family.
Channi then appealed to the Modi government at the Centre to take back the “black” farm laws, saying that his government will take all possible steps to back farmers in their ongoing fight against these laws”. THE WIRE
“Will offer my neck to protest farmers' interests”: Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi said
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Farm laws: Are India's new reforms a 'death warrant' for farmers?