Farmers Movement Archive

You will open eyes of government, Jayant tells farmers at massive U.P. rally

Taking a dig at the BJP, Jayant Chaudhary said on Friday that those who took a long time before unfurling the National Flag were now teaching farmers nationalism. The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) vice president was speaking at a massive rally of farmers in Bhainswal village of Shamli. In a display of aggression and wit, Mr. Chaudhary said Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to understand the temperament of farmers in the last seven years. “He should understand if you try to suppress the demands of farmers, they will resist with double force. The farmer should at least get the minimum support price by law,” he said. The RLD leader said the government had not said a single word to commiserate with those who died during the protest. “No BJP leader went to meet Navreet Singh, a farmer from Rampur who died during the protest in Delhi. Seventy and eighty-year-olds are being picked up and booked,” he said. He said notices were being sent to farmers in western U.P. for denigrating the National Flag. “No farmer could insult the National Flag. When his son’s body comes from the border draped in the Tricolour, he doesn’t cry. He takes pride in it,” he said. Mr. Chaudhary thanked the farmers for turning up in large numbers at panchayats. “You will open the eyes of the government,” he said, alleging that the ruling party had plans to disrupt peaceful protests by sending its members as locals to protest sites. “They did it at Singhu. At Ghazipur it was prevented after [his father and RLD chief] Ajit Singh’s timely intervention.”

The Hindu

2021-02-06

Ghaziabad