Farmers Movement Archive

Capt Amarinder Singh: AAP behind attack on Ravneet Singh Bittu, Kulbir Singh Zira at Singhu border

Patiala, January 25Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday said the attack on a state Congress MP and MLA at the Singhu border was not the handiwork of peacefully protesting farmers but of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, “whose only agenda was to weaken the farmers’ fight by creating trouble at the behest of the BJP”.“AAP workers present near the ‘Kisan Sansad’ attacked and manhandled Punjab Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu and MLA Kulbir Singh Zira. No one but AAP is responsible for the attack,” he said.They (AAP) should understand that this country was thriving on ‘lokshahi’ (democracy) and not ‘dhakkashahi’ (push and shove),” said the Chief Minister, on the sidelines of various events here in Patiala. “Intelligence reports indicate that AAP workers had intermingled with farmers and assaulted the Congress leaders. AAP’s desperate attempts to undermine me and my government in Punjab are becoming more and more brazen by the day. After their efforts to spread false propaganda and lies about the Congress government in Punjab failed to mislead the farmers, they resorted to violence against Bittu and Zira,” the CM added.Meanwhile, taking his government’s flagship ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ and ‘Karobar Mission’ forward, the Chief Minister today launched a mega self-employment loan mela from Patiala as a culmination to the special loan melas held across the state, wherein 1.70 lakh youth were assisted in getting self-employment loans from various banks. No hand in protest: AAP

The Tribune

2021-01-26