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Singh had sought an appointment with the President on Wednesday to seek assent to the bills recently passed by the state assembly in a bid to negate the Centre’s new farm laws.
But Rashtrapati Bhavan has declined his request for appointment, the state government said on Tuesday.
The CM on Tuesday said the protest in Delhi will highlight the situation in the state because of the suspension of goods trains by the Centre.
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Thermal power plants are shutting down in the state because of lack of coal, the Punjab government said.
The CM said since section 144 of the CrPC – which prohibits assembly of people – is in force in the national capital, MLAs will go from Delhi’s Punjab Bhawan to Mahatma Gandhi’s ”samadhi” in groups of four to hold a relay protest.
Singh will lead the first batch at 10.30 am.
Apart from the MLAs from the ruling Congress, Singh has urged Punjab legislators from other parties to participate.