DW BUREAU / chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he would try to get chief ministers of other states on board to put up a united fight against the Centre on the issue of three ordinances related to the agriculture sector. Singh is opposed to the Centre passing the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance. The chief minister's remarks came while he was chairing a video conference which was attended by several farmers' unions. Leaders of major farmers' outfits of Punjab unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to reconsider and withdraw these ordinances, said a government release here. The unions said the recently promulgated ordinances and the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003, are perceived as being strongly "anti-farmer". "These ordinances and the proposed amendment are also a direct attack on the federal fabric of the country and, therefore, must be withdrawn," they said, in a unanimous resolution passed at the end of the video conference, according to the government release. Underlining the need to protect Punjab and its farming needs, the chief minister has asserted that "we all must unitedly stand together notwithstanding our political affiliations." He said he was fully prepared to take any steps necessary to protect the interests of the state and its farmers, as he had done over the Sutlej Yamuna Link water sharing issue. Singh lashed out at the Centre for "undermining" the contribution of farmers and soldiers, pointing out that it had clearly "forgotten" the Kisan in the 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' slogans that had reverberated throughout the country when Punjab's farmers made India self-sufficient. "With other states also producing food grains now, the central government seems to have decided not just to ignore but actually destroy the interests of Punjab's farmers, majority of whom are small," the chief minister alleged. Charging the Union government with trying to take away all powers from states, he said "we should raise a united voice to send a strong message to Delhi that we will not allow this to happen". (editor@dailyworld.in)