Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday slammed his Haryana counterpart for defending the assault on peacefully protesting farmers by putting the onus of their agitation on Punjab, saying that Manohar Lal Khattar’s remarks had completely exposed his government’s anti-farmer agenda.
Reacting to Khattar’s and Chautala’s allegations of Punjab being behind the farmers’ agitation against the farm laws, Capt Amarinder reminded Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala that the farmers who were protesting against the BJP meeting in Karnal, when the police rained lathis on them, belonged to Haryana and not Punjab.
Blaming the BJP squarely for the farmers’ wrath, Capt Amarinder said that the crisis would not have assumed such grave proportions had the BJP, including the Haryana Chief Minister and his Deputy Chief Minister, heeded the farmers’ concerns and empathised with their pain instead of taking refuge in lies for the horrendous attacks on the peaceful farmers.
“Can’t you see that the farmers of your own state are angry with you for your apathetic attitude towards them and your party’s stubborn refusal to repeal the Farm Laws?” he asked the Haryana BJP leaders, adding that the farmers were fighting for their survival and did not need provocation from Punjab or any other state to protect themselves and their families.
“Repeal the farm laws, instead of blaming Punjab for the mess your party has put the farming sector in,” Capt Amarinder told Khattar while issuing a note of warning that the BJP would have to pay for their sins in the upcoming Assembly elections in various states, and in every election thereafter.
YOU REPEAL FARM LAWS, NOT JUST FARMERS BUT I’LL ALSO SHARE LADOOS WITH YOU: CAPT TO KHATTAR
Responding to Khattar’s remark on farmer leaders giving him (Capt Amarinder) ladoos after the resolution of the sugarcane farmers’ protest, Punjab Chief Minister quipped, “You repeal the farm laws, and not just the farmers but even I will share ladoos with you.”
Capt Amarinder said that he and the Punjab Government were firmly with the farmers in their anti-farm laws stance and were even giving compensation and jobs to the families of those who have died at the Delhi borders because of the BJP’s follies.
