Former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal returns Padma Vibhushan, says govt betrayed farmers

Expressing solidarity with the agitating farmers over the Centre's farm laws, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patron Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday returned his Padma Vibhushan award in protest against "the betrayal of the farmers by the government".

91-year-old Badal, in a missive to President Ram Nath Kovind, said he was...