Farmers Movement Archive

Amarinder using cops to pressure farm leaders: AAP

Chandigarh: The AAP on Thursday claimed that Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh was “putting various kinds of pressures” on farmers to crush their movement against the farm laws. “According to media reports, Amarinder Singh had assigned two IPS officers from Punjab at Singhu border to engage with the farmer leaders to persuade them to accept the Centre’s offer and to prepare them to bow down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah in any way possible,” claimed Punjab AAP president Bhagwant Mann. “To save his son from ED cases, the CM bargained the interests of farmers. It is under this policy that he was working with the intention of suppressing the voice of the farmers,” he added. Mann said that Amarinder had taken various steps to bring an end to the farmers’ agitation with the intention of “following the orders of Amit Shah after their meeting.” BOX Cong rejects AAP charge Reacting to AAP’s accusation that Punjab Congress was attempting to bring the farmers’ agitation to an end, Congress Amritsar (West) MLA Raj Kumar Verka said it was the AAP government in Delhi that had issued the notification to implement the controversial farm laws. “If there is anyone who wants that the farmers’ agitation should fail, it is AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. Contrary to the claims, Congress-ruled states have passed bills to counter the Centre’s farm laws,” he said.

The Times of India

2021-01-08

Chandigarh