Farmers Movement Archive

AAP ready to extend legal aid to farmers over ‘slur’: Raghav Chadha

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party will provide all possible legal assistance to farmers who want to move court against the derogatory remarks allegedly made by some BJP functionaries against the farmers who are protesting at Delhi’s various borders against the farm laws. AAP functionary Raghav Chadha said at a press conference that the farmers had been termed terrorists, anti-national, etc. “The three black farm laws have the propensity to destroy the lives and livelihoods of our farmers, who have been fighting for justice and for their rights for several weeks now. Their collective sorrow and pain is for everyone to see. In order to make themselves heard, the farmers marched towards Delhi, only to be stopped at the borders, only to be insulted, abused and maligned,” Chadha said adding that the “powers that be treated our farmers as an enemy of the state but the farmers continued with their peaceful movement.” “The farmers have been requesting the Modi government to listen to them, but in turn were abused. BJP ministers, elected representatives, leaders have used only filthy and foul language to describe the farmers. They said the farmers are agents of China and Pakistan; they said the farmers’ movement is being funded by Canada and Pakistan; they said our farmers are terrorists, goondas; they even called our farmers ‘dalaal’. It is evident that the entire BJP is strategically working to destroy and discredit the farmer movement with their relentless abuse,” Chadha stated. The AAP MLA said the farmers had reached out to AAP for help in getting justice. “They want to avenge the onslaught of insults. We will extend wholehearted support to our farmers,” said Chadha. “Whether with respect to registering a case, or taking the case to its final stages, AAP takes a pledge to provide all help to aggrieved farmers who want to move court against BJP functionaries for their defamatory remarks against protesting farmers,” Chadha said, adding that AAP has stood with the farmers since the beginning of the agitation and will stand with them always.

The Times of India

2020-12-24

Delhi