Farmers Movement Archive

Gopal Rai visits Singhu border, demands rollback of farm laws

NEW DELHI: Agriculture minister and AAP’s Delhi convenor Gopal Rai on Wednesday reviewed the arrangements at Singhu border and demanded immediate rollback of the farm laws. Delhi government, which has been running the kitchens for the protesting farmers, has also installed mobile toilets and drinking water facilities at the site. “Our party and the government stand with the farmers against the three anti-farmer laws passed by BJP-run Centre. Farmers have been protesting for the past 20 days, the central government should resolve their issues. BJP is dealing with the issue with an ego, which has left the farmers to take to streets in this winter,” he said, adding that it was unfortunate that the Prime Minister had accused the Opposition of misleading the farmers. Rai also hit out at Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh by saying, he came to Delhi, met the Union home minister and returned without meeting the farmers. “Now, he is talking in the language of BJP and accusing AAP. This is a deliberate attempt to divert the attention. Singh was a member of the committee that was formed at that time for the law. He did not speak once regarding these laws,” Rai claimed. Recently, CM Arvind Kejriwal with AAP functionaries had observed a daylong fast in support of the farmers and stated that the laws were not only against them but also the common man as it would lead to massive inflation.

The Times of India

2020-12-17

Delhi