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AAP installs 5 Wi-Fi hotspots at Singhu for protesting farmers

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday installed five Wi-Fi hotspots at Singhu border to help protesting farmers to access better internet connectivity. “It gives us immense joy to make a small contribution towards the farmers’ movement. Now, protesting farmers at the Singhu border will be able to make video calls to their loved ones without any network glitches. Not only are we ready to install as many Wi-Fi hotspots as required by our farmer brothers, but if similar demands arise from Tikri and other borders, we will install free Wi-Fi hotspots there as well,” said the AAP’s national spokesperson and co-in charge of Punjab unit Raghav Chadha. He further said, “CM Arvind Kejriwal has always maintained that we must fight for the farmers till our last breath. We must support them in their historic movement. We had asked our farmer brothers for feedback on areas at Singhu with poor mobile reception. Based on their inputs, CM Arvind Kejriwal has installed Wi-Fi hotspots. Each hotspot will cover an area of over 31,000 square metres.” Also Read | ‘Support historic movement’: AAP leader Raghav Chadha sets up free WiFi at Singhu border for farmersLarge groups of farmers protesting against three contentious farm laws have gathered at Singhu border for more than a month now. The AAP has supported their demands and helped them with tents, water, toilets and other basic facilities. The party had also voted against the three bills (now laws) in both Houses of the Parliament in September. Last month, the AAP government in Delhi had also rejected Delhi police’s proposal to turn some stadiums into temporary jails to lodge the protesting farmers. The Delhi BJP had on Tuesday criticised the party for misleading farmers and called the act of installing Wi-Fi for farmers as a gimmick. Davinder Singh, a protester at Singhu border, said, “Free Wi-Fi service is already available at the protest site. Many locals are also sharing their Wi-Fi connections for free for the protesting farmers. A new Wi-Fi facility will further improve the connectivity and help the farmers.”

Hindustan Times

31-12-2020

Delhi