Agri agitation has created history: Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh at Singhu border
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Agri agitation has created history: Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh at Singhu border
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BATHINDA: Punjabi actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh on Saturday reached Singhu border to support farmer protest. Amid big applause, Dosanjh termed the protest as a historic that will be remembered as “tales of courage”. He also took a dig at the media for not widely covering the protest. While addressing a big gathering at the Delhi border, Diljit said, “I am here today to listen, not to speak. This protest has created history. We used to hear stories that filled us with courage. Now history is being repeated as the stories of this struggle will be told to the future generations as to how the farmer struggle created history.” He added, “We we used to hear that the victories are achieved with contentment and satisfaction and farmers have amply showcased it by remaining peaceful and this is due to wise leadership by farmers. Those from Haryana, too, have contributed immensely for it. I bow my head before all this as this is exemplary and we rarely see this.” Switching over to Hindi from Punjabi, he said, “I will speak in Hindi for the national media, if they are listening so that they may not have to Google for translation. You can clearly see that only farming talk is being done here and nothing else. There should not be any deviation from real issue. Some things are happening only on Twitter that are twisted, but everything is peaceful here and the entire country is with the farmers. The government should to concede their demands.” Diljit Dosanjh and actor Kangana Ranaut have been in a Twitter war for the last few days. It all started after Kangana’s tweet (which later was deleted) where two pictures were used side by side of Bilkis Bano, also known as ‘dadi of Shaheen Bagh’, and Mohinder Kaur of Fatehgarh Jandia village in Bathinda. The pictures were captioned that Mohinder Kaur was in taking part in the farmers’protest for Rs 100. Angry over it, Diljit accused Kangana of defaming the elderly women and both used derogatory words for each other. A score of Punjabi celebrities supported Diljit in this verbal duel. Speaking to TOI, Kamaljit Singh, a youngster at the Singhu border, said, “We are delighted to see Diljit at the protest where he made it clear that farmers are protesting peacefully and a section of society is defaming them without any reason. By reaching here Diljit showcased concern for farmers and gave advice to the nationasl media.”
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The Times of India
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2020-12-06
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Amritsar