Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab unit on Sunday appealed to all pro-farmer organisations and political parties to observe September 17 — the day when three farm laws were passed in the Parliament — as the Black Day at the national level in favour of the ‘annadatas’.
Reacting to the SAD’s announcement to observe ‘black day’ on September 17, AAP’s Kisan Wing state president Kultar Singh Sandhwan said: “The Badal family should celebrate Black Day with the soot of remorse on their face, because if Harsimrat Kaur Badal as the Union Minister had not signed the ordinances, the black day of farmers would never have dawned.”
He said that the Narendra Modi-led Central Government had become the most dictatorial government in the history of India, violating the rights of the farmers, labourers, employees, and the students of the country.
Sandhwan said that the agitation against “black” agriculture laws from the land of Punjab had not only empowered the farmers in India but also created awareness among the farmers and labourers of USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, and Africa, for protection of their
rights.
“When the Akali Dal Badal has unwittingly declared September 17 as a black day with reference to anti-agriculture black laws, they should repent for signing the agriculture ordinances and campaigning for three months in favour of agricultural laws. For this, the entire Akali Dal Badal leaders, led by the Badal family, must celebrate Black Day with soot on their faces,” he said.
AAP leader further said that in fact, the Akali Dal Badal was one of the pioneers of black agriculture laws and had been a big supporter and propagandist of these laws.
Sandhwan said that the Akali Dal Badal was as much responsible for the death of more than 600 farmers and labourers during the struggle against the black farm laws as the BJP was responsible.
“In Punjab, the Akali Dal Badal was not allowed to enter the villages and cities by the general public. That is why they have chosen the Delhi ground to celebrate Black Day so that they can fool the people by opposing the BJP,” he added.