Chandigarh, July 20: SAD president Parkash Singh Badal today warned that his party would launch a state-wide agitation if the congress government in Punjab failed to roll back the "insensitive hike in the students fees". In a statement here, the former chief minister asked the Amarinder Singh government to roll back the "shocking and insensitive hike in the students fees or be ready to face a full scale people's action against the government."


Badal said that he had already asked various wings of his party to see that the authorities do not carry out their repression on students for the peaceful protests started by them.

They had been asked to spread awareness about the serious nature of the damage which the government's decision can inflict on the future of the Punjabi society, he said.

"Like all dictatorial regimes, this government clearly has a vested interest in denying the spread of knowledge and wisdom by taking education outside the reach of the common man. The decision also reflects on the quality of vision that the Chief Minister has about whither to take the state," Badal said.

Describing the situation in the state as "extremely volatile", Badal asked Singh to desist from the course of destructive confrontation with students and their parents.

Bureau Report