Farmers Movement Archive

SAD slams Arvind Kejriwal for FIR against ‘peacefully protesting farmers’

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has condemned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly creating grounds for summary use of force against peacefully protesting farmers at Singhu border by getting an FIR registered against 1,000 farmers through Delhi health department. Sukhbir said this shameful action had again proven that the Delhi chief minister always acted according to the orders of the central government and only shed crocodile tears for the cause of the farming community. “Earlier too, Kejriwal had proved that he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing by notifying the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, even though he had publicly supported the demand of farmers that it be repealed forthwith,” alleged the SAD president. Stating that the Delhi chief minister had taken another anti-farmer step immediately after a sham visit to the farmers who were protesting on the borders with Delhi, Sukhbir said these two steps show where Kejriwal’s sympathies lie. The SAD would protest any attempt by the Delhi government to get the farmers evicted forcefully from the dharna site, Sukhbir said, demanding that the Delhi government not only annul the notification of the farm law but also direct its health department to take back the police complaint it had filed against farmers. The former deputy CM Sukhbir said it would have been better if the Delhi chief minister had created necessary facilities at the dharna site to take care of health safety issues instead of using coercive tactics against farmers.

The Times of India

2020-12-12

Chandigarh