Overview
- Sunil Jakhar urged farmer organisations to pursue discussion rather than agitation over the India–US trade agreement.
- He said wheat, paddy, maize and sugarcane are outside the deal’s scope, asserting no adverse impact on Punjab farmers.
- Jakhar framed the pact as opening access to the $30 trillion US economy, projecting industry growth and youth employment.
- He called on farmer groups to press for a long-pending Punjab agricultural policy that protesters had sought a year ago.
- He criticized Punjab’s deteriorating law and order, highlighted drug abuse as a priority concern, and condemned the Moga shooting of migrant labourers.