Farmers Movement Archive

Arvind Kejriwal a fraud, AAP & SAD hypocrites, says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

MOHALI: Even as he ridiculed Arvind Kejriwal as a “big fraud”, Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday said both Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) were a bunch of “hypocrites” whose “double standards on farm laws had exposed their lack of commitment to farmers”. “AAP and SAD MLAs never say what they mean, and vice-versa,” said the CM in an interaction with media after the launch of the second phase of Punjab Smart Connect Scheme. When the state government passed bills in the y to negate the Centre’s farm laws, AAP and SAD MLAs extended support, but they changed later to suit political interests, said Amarinder. “Now, they have made a U-turn on the issue and are projecting themselves as messiahs of the farmers, whose interests both parties had been instrumental in pawning off to the BJP,” he said. Amarinder said while SAD was party to introduction of farm ordinances in the first place, AAP government in Delhi was quick to implement one of the draconian laws. Taking a dig at Kejriwal’s “theatrics” in the Delhi Assembly, Amarinder said the AAP leader was now indulging in petty politics by tearing copies of the laws. “This shows Kejriwal and AAP have a different face for people,” he said.

The Times of India

2020-12-19

Chandigarh