Parkash Singh Badal asks all political parties to wage united fight against Centre's BSF move

Mr. Badal said that it was very unfortunate that the Center has been usurping the rights of the States even on subjects which fall on the States List in the Constitution

Urging all political parties in the State to stop fighting among themselves and wage a united fight against Center’s decision to of the in Punjab, five times Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has termed Center’s move as an attempt to turn Punjab into a Union Territory through the back door by handing it over to the central security forces like the BSF.

Mr. Badal said Centre's decision will further weaken the already endangered federal structure of the country and will reduce the State government to the status of municipality. "This will be severe blow to the pride and dignity of Punjabi," he said in a statement.

Mr. Badal said that it was very unfortunate that the Center has been usurping the rights of the States even on subjects which fall on the States List in the Constitution. He said that the Center had earlier legislated three laws on Agriculture, which is a State subject and now, with this move on BSF deployment, they have done the same encroachment on another State subject — law and order.