Farmers Movement Archive

Will court arrest if farmers nabbed: Charuni

Ambala, June 16Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni) president Gurnam Singh Charuni on Wednesday threatened to launch a statewide agitation if anyone farmer was arrested in connection with the removal of the foundation stone of the district BJP office in Jhajjar on June 13.He gave the call to BKU activists to court arrest if any action was taken against accused farmers.On Sunday, state BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar had laid the foundation stone of the district BJP officeon the Rewari road. A few hours later, farmers protested at the site and removed the foundation stone.“The state government is trying to instigate farmers. After having registered the case, the police have started conducting raids to arrest farmers. If any farmer is arrested in connection with the Jhajjar incident, farmers across the state will court arrest as had happened in Tohana,” said the BKU chief in a video message.He claimed the case had been wrongly registered as farmers didn’t quarrel with anyone Sunday. “How can a case be registered for just removing some bricks?” asked Charuni.He added, “The BJP’s ploy is to instigate farmers by registering FIRs. It employed such method in Kurukshetra where two FIRs were registered — first in April and then in May — under political pressure. The party is getting FIRs registered through its party workers. The government should stop raiding houses of farmers. If it takes action against Jhajjar farmers, peasants across the state will protest.”

The Tribune

2021-06-17