{"id":12836,"date":"2025-03-20T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2025-03-20T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T07:55:05","slug":"aap-minister-laljit-singh-bhullar-appeals-to-farmers-to-take-dharna-to-delhi-not-block-punjabs-highways-and-hurt-its-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/?p=12836","title":{"rendered":"AAP Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar Appeals to Farmers to Take Dharna to Delhi, Not Block Punjab\u2019s Highways and Hurt its Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, March 20-\u00a0Punjab\u2019s Cabinet Minister, Laljit Singh Bhullar, reaffirmed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government\u2019s unwavering support for farmers, emphasizing the importance of addressing their demands at the appropriate platform. Bhullar appealed to farmers to take their <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Centre-related\" data-wsc-lang=\"en_US\" data-wsc-id=\"m8h2020fd1csueesf\">Centre-related<\/span> demands to Delhi instead of blocking Punjab\u2019s highways, as it is causing immense harm to the state\u2019s economy and development.\u201cOur government has always stood with the farmers, and we continue to do so because we, too, belong to farming families,\u201d said <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Bhullar\" data-wsc-lang=\"en_US\" data-wsc-id=\"m8h2023ehbgvyxqk7\">Bhullar<\/span>. \u201cHowever, the continuous closure of highways is obstructing Punjab\u2019s progress. Industries and businesses are suffering, youth employment is being delayed, and the state\u2019s development is at a standstill.\u201dBhullar stressed that Punjab\u2019s fight against drug abuse is tied to creating employment opportunities for the youth. \u201cThe government is working diligently to eradicate drugs from Punjab, and people are supporting this mission. But along with tackling drugs, we must also address unemployment. Youth need jobs and avenues for employment, which can only happen when businesses and industries thrive,\u201d he added.Making an emotional appeal, Bhullar said, \u201cWe request our farmer brothers to take their <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Centre-related\" data-wsc-lang=\"en_US\" data-wsc-id=\"m8h202dxbt3isk9be\">Centre-related<\/span> demands to Delhi and hold their protests there, instead of blocking Punjab\u2019s highways. Let us work together to make Punjab a hub of trade and industry, create employment for our youth, and restore Punjab to its former glory as <span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Rangla\" data-wsc-lang=\"en_US\" data-wsc-id=\"m8h202gul9pgfn99b\">Rangla<\/span> Punjab.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, March 20-\u00a0Punjab\u2019s Cabinet Minister, Laljit Singh Bhullar, reaffirmed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government\u2019s unwavering support for farmers, emphasizing the importance of addressing their demands at the appropriate platform. Bhullar appealed to farmers to take their Centre-related demands to Delhi instead of blocking Punjab\u2019s highways, as it is causing immense harm to the state\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}