Criticising the Congress-led Punjab Government’s action against farmers going to protest against the Narendra Modi government in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday asked why Capt Amarinder Singh’s government was stopping the farmers to raise their voice against the Central Government.
“The farmers are protesting for long time to pressurize the Central Government to implement Dr Swaminathan Commission report and other demands promised by the BJP before elections. It is understandable that BJP-led Haryana government is obstructing the agitating farmers as they do not want them to reach Delhi and agitate against their own government at the Centre, but why Capt Amarinder is doing it is a strange act,” said AAP’s Punjab unit co-president and Sunam MlA Aman Arora.
Arora said that the Punjab Government, in an authoritarian way, has taken activist of Bhartiya Kissan Union (Sidhupur) into custody without any reason at Cheema Mandi as the farmers were marching peacefully towards Delhi.
AAP leader, who also participated in the dharna along with other party members, ensured every possible help to the farmer unions from AAP side.
“The Capt Amarinder led Punjab Government has betrayed the farmers of Punjab on the tune of Centre led Modi government,” he said adding that the people of the state have been cheated twice — earlier by the BJP and then by the Congress.
He accused successive governments at the Centre and in State of killing the farming sector in the state and country and pushing farmers to take extreme steps. The people of Punjab will teach both the parties a lesson in upcoming general elections in 2019, he said.
Arora also condemned the brutal cane-charge on the farmers by Haryana police and demanded that action must be taken against the police officer responsible for the act.
He also asked the Punjab Government to let the agitating farmers move towards Delhi so that they can agitate against centre govt. for their demands.