PM Modi speaks to Parkash Singh Badal on phone: Sources
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and extended best wishes to him
Parkash Singh Badal and Narendra Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and extended best wishes to him on his 93rd birthday.
According to government sources, the prime minister called up the former Punjab chief minister to wish him. No other details of the conversation were shared.
Badal had on Monday urged Modi to scrap the three new central farm laws, claiming they have pushed the country into a deep confusion.
Badal also announced the return of his Padma Vibhushan award in protest as farmers' stir against the laws intensified.