Lamenting Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal’s “theatrics” to “unsuccessfully” project himself on the side of protesting farmers, Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday dared the AAP leader to instead pass Punjab-like Bills in his state Assembly to negate the draconian farm laws.
“Farmers haven’t forgotten Kejriwal and AAP’s insensitivity towards farmers ever since the 2015 tragic incident when a hapless farmer, Gajinder Singh, committed suicide by hanging in Kejriwal’s presence during one of AAP’s rallies and Kejriwal continued his speech even after the ill-fated incident,” he said.
The state Congress chief advised Kejriwal to ebb his melodrama as farmers protesting at national capital’s border aren’t interested in AAP’s toilets or food but want strong action against the black farm laws.
Dubbing Kejriwal’s AAP as essentially the B-team of BJP, Jakhar asked the Delhi Chief Minister why he had not passed any law in his State to counter the anti-farmer and unconstitutional Farm Bills till now.
“It’s worth ridiculing that the man responsible for implementing a farm law in his state is now pretending to be a sympathizer of the victims of that very legislation. Farmers now cannot be taken for a ride. They need tangible action against farm laws and not stagecraft,” Jakhar said.
He said that Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has shown the way by passing resolution in the state assembly against these laws. Kejriwal needs to answer what stops him from replicating what Punjab has done, he said.