The Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday began three separate 'Kisan Marches' from the three religious Takhts in Punjab to Chandigarh

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday began three separate 'Kisan Marches' from the three religious Takhts in Punjab to Chandigarh against the new farm laws.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal is leading one of the marches which started from the Akal Takht in Amritsar while his wife and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal is leading another procession which commenced from Takht Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda.

Sukhbir Badal

The third procession is led by senior Akali leaders Prem Singh Chandumajra and Daljit Singh Cheema from Takht Keshgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib.

The processions from the three Sikh Takhts will reach Chandigarh later in the day where the SAD leadership will hand over a memorandum against the farm laws to Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore.

Farmer protest

Addressing the media in Amritsar, Sukhbir Singh Badal said his party wanted a rollback of the farm bills and that the farming community was against the “black laws”.

The 'Kisan Marches' by the SAD, which are being seen as the party's show of strength, are being organised days after the Akalis quit the National Democratic Alliance over the bills.