Chandigarh, Sept. 22 -- Making a last ditch effort, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday "vehemently" urged the President Ram Nath Kovind not to grant his assent to the farmers' bills passed by the Parliament, claiming that these "endanger the very survival of farmers and other farm related labour and trade".
"The farmers came to the country's rescue when the country needed them. Today, it is the country that must come to their rescue," said the memorandum submitted by the SAD delegation, led by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
The Akali leaders urged him to "act as the nation's conscience keeper and the custodian of the Constitution" and come to the rescue of farmers, farm and mandi labour and farm traders.
"The party has taken the f...