At the onset of the Cabinet meeting led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday observed a two minutes silence to pay homage to the farmers who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident of Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3.All the Ministers and Officers present in the meeting prayed to the Almighty to give courage to the bereaved families to bear this irreparable loss in this hour of grief and grant eternal peace to the departed souls.Meanwhile, the Cabinet also lamented it is painful that our ‘Anndattas’ (farmers) have lost lives while protesting peacefully against the farm laws and urged the Centre that the faces of real culprits behind this barbarous act should be exposed, howsoever influential or well connected they may be.
The Council of Ministers further resolved that expeditious justice must be delivered to the innocent farmers who have lost their lives in this unfortunate incident.The Council of Ministers also reiterated the need to urgently review and repeal the three Farm Laws which has caused resentment amongst the farmers and lies at the root of this unfortunate and avoidable loss of lives.After paying respects to the departed souls, the Council of Ministers expressed solidarity with the farming community in this hour of sorrow and grief and closed its meeting without transacting any further business.