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Published 21:13 IST, October 8th 2020

Punjab CM hits out at Sukhbir Badal over his 'fixed match' charge on farm laws

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Badal had earlier accused the CM of playing a ā€œfixed matchā€ by deliberately delaying bringing in legislation in the Punjab Assembly to negate the farm laws

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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday slammed SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal over his ā€œfixed matchā€ allegation, terming it as totally absurd, and accused the Akalis of playing the BJP's game to ā€œruinā€ the state's farmers.

ā€œWho am I playing a fixed match with?ā€ asked the Chief Minister.

After playing all those ā€œfixed matchesā€ with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the farm laws issue, Badal seemed to have become ā€œso obsessedā€ with the phrase that he had even forgotten that a fixed match cannot be played solo, the chief minister said.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Badal had earlier accused the CM of playing a ā€œfixed matchā€ by deliberately delaying bringing in legislation in the Punjab Assembly to negate the farm laws.

ā€œIf anyone is playing a fixed match, it is the SAD, which continues to act at the behest of the BJP,ā€ alleged the CM in a statement here.

The CM also derided Badal's remark that the Akalis will compel his government to do anything, considering that, by their own admission, they had ā€œfailedā€ to persuade their own government at the Centre not to bring in the ā€œanti-farmerā€ laws.

The Badals have made a ā€œlaughing stockā€ of themselves and their party with their ā€œsenseless statements and outrageously false claimsā€ on the issue of the agricultural laws, he said.

He said SAD's own former ally, the BJP, had already publicly declared that the Akalis had fully supported the legislations from the day one.

ā€œThe Badals' lies and double standards had been totally exposed not just to Punjab and its farmers but to the entire nation,ā€ alleged Singh.

Pointing to the SAD chief's remark that he (CM) had rejected Badal's suggestion on calling a special session for a state legislation to negate the farm laws, Singh said there was no question of accepting or rejecting a suggestion made after he himself had categorically announced that he was exploring that option.

ā€œIn any case, who is Sukhbir [Singh Badal] to give a suggestion to the state government after he openly refused to support us in rejecting the farm ordinances during the all-party meeting, and asked his MLAs to stay away from the Vidhan Sabha session at which we passed a resolution against them," asked the Chief Minister. 

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Updated 21:13 IST, October 8th 2020