Volunteers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s student unit CYSS and Youth Wing on Tuesday held a protest by creating a human chain at Connaught Place in support of farmers protesting against the agriculture Bills.
The Delhi Police detained party volunteers and MLA Jarnail Singh. MLA and Punjab in-charge Jarnail Singh said the Prime Minister does
not have even two minutes to listen to the demands of the protesting farmers.
“Union Home Minister Amit Shah can campaign for election at Hyderabad but he does not have time to meet farmers sitting at the Delhi borders,” he said.
Hundreds of AAP’s volunteers carried banners and raised slogans against these black laws and appealed the BJP Government to immediately roll back these laws.
“These three bills passed by the central government are absolutely anti-farmer. The AAP opposes these bills. The AAP supports the demands of those farmers who are protesting from across the country on the border of Delhi. The motive behind this peaceful protest was to appeal to the central government to listen to the farmers,’ he said.
“Today, a dictatorial government is running this country under the leadership of the BJP, which is suppressing and crushing the voices of farmers, soldiers, youth, students, poor, dalits and opposition parties. India is a democratic country and the Constitution gives every citizen the right to protest,” he said.
“The farmers of the country are also fighting for their rights but instead of listening to the farmers, the BJP’s Government is torturing them. The farmers have faced lathi-charge, tear gas and water cannons used by the Police under the BJP government. The AAP will stand shoulder to shoulder with the farmers in their protest. Till the time this fascist BJP government does not withdraw these laws, the protest will continue. From the Parliament to the streets the AAP has been opposing these bills from the first day,” he said.