Farmers Movement Archive

Twitter wars: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh and Badal family slug it out over farmers

BATHINDA: Hit by Navjot Singh Sidhu’s friendly fire, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh has started his own little Twitter war with the Badal family on the issue of farmers. On Tuesday, he bombarded former CM Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal with a tweet titled ‘Lest You Forget’ and tagged Sukhbir and Harsimrat. The tweet was an old video of three Badals, of their praising the farm ordinances brought by Narendra Modi’ central government. The camera caputres Sukhbir as saying that the SAD welcomes the bills and the MSP wasn’t an issue. Harsimrat is shown claiming that the Congress and its B team were misleading the farmers. The senior Badal is also all praise for the ordinances in the video and is recorded as saying that is not possible that MSP will be stopped. Sukhbir retorted by uploading an old video of Amarinder before 2017 when he had promised to waive all farm loans, whether taken from banks, co-operatives, or commission agents. The Captain is heard saying that the Punjab government will repay these loans. Sukbir also titled the tweet ‘Lest You Forget’ and tagged Captain Amarinder Singh. On July 9, Sukhbir had stated that if the SAD-BSP combine gained power in 2022, its first task will be to give jobs, , besides medical insurance and free education till postgraduation, to the close relatives of the farmers who had died during the ongoing struggle. Amarinder said the Congress had done it already.

The Times of India

2021-07-14

Chandigarh