Farmers Movement Archive

Parties condemn Delhi ruckus, want action against Deep Sidhu

Ludhiana: A day after the ruckus in Delhi during the farmers’ tractor rally, all political parties are condemning the incident, but at the same time are also blaming each other for the violence. Meanwhile, all parties were unanimous on the fact that Deep Sidhu and his associates, who were responsible for the vandalism at the Red Fort, should be dealt with strictly and action should be taken against him and other culprits. Speaking on the issue, Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu said, “It is a very shameful incident that such act of vandalism and violence took place under the garb of the tractor rally. It is very much clear that this was an attempt by some hooligans to defame farmers and no genuine farmers were involved in it because they were either carrying out peaceful procession or the elderly ones were sitting at Singhu border. Punjab’s farm leaders are getting respect worldwide for their stand against these black farm laws and the way they have managed to stay together.” Bittu added that Sidhu and Aam Admi Party (AAP) are hand in glove and connived with AAP and orchestrated the attack against me and other Ccongress leaders, which took on Monday at the Jan Sansad.” Commenting on the incident, Gurdeep Singh Gosha, district president of the Youth Akali Dal, Ludhiana said, “This is very sad that such dirty game was played by some people to defame the farmers and spark incident of violence in the national capital in which one life was lost while hundreds of protesters and policemen sustained injuries. This was a pre-planned conspiracy by Deep Sidhu and his handlers, who obviously belong to the ruling party at the Centre. This person should immediately be jailed and his mobile records should also be checked to ascertain with which BJP leaders he was in touch all the while and where from he was taking all the commands and executing them.” Meanwhile, Ahbaab Singh Grewal, spokesperson of AAP, said, “We condemn the violent incident which took place on Tuesday in Delhi. Our party is very much concerned over the safety of our farmers and our government in Delhi is extending every kind of help to those injured in this incident. At the same time, we request the Congress, especially MP Bittu, to stop playing dirty politics by making false claims about involvement of any of our party workers in any incident, whether it was attack on Bittu or Tuesday’s incident.”

The Times of India

2021-01-28

Ludhiana