Farmers Movement Archive

Time for Punjab BJP leaders to wake up: Simarjit Singh Bains

Lok Insaaf Party leader and MLA Simarjit Singh Bains along with his supporters joined the farmers’ protest outside BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh’s residence here on Monday.Speaking on the occasion, Bains demanded from Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to call a special assembly session to pass a resolution to outrightly reject the three agriculture-related Acts passed by the Union Government.Farmers get support from other assnsThe farmers’ protest at the Buttari railway station received a shot in the arm with representatives of trade unions, employees’ associations and student organisations joining the protest on Monday. Farmers’ leader Tehal Singh Chetanpura said all sections of society were joining hands with the farmers as the new Acts would affect society in general. He said the seriousness of the farmers towards the protest could be assessed from the fact that despite the harvesting of paddy under way, the attendance in protests had not thinned.“We have urged the Chief Minister to pass a law making it a criminal offence for private players to buy farmers’ produce below the MSP. We also demand from the CM to bring a law restricting the purchase of land by non-domiciles.Bains said on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited farmer associations to join a meeting on the issue on October 14 but on the other he was threatening leaders of the opposition parties and was accusing them of misleading farmers.Bains said the PM was trying to create divisions in farmer associations by inviting them for a meeting. He urged the associations to not to fall prey to such political tactics of the Union Government.Talking about the protest outside Tarun Chugh’s residence, Bains said the objective was to wake up ‘sleeping souls’ of BJP leaders from Punjab. “We want to remind them that they are Punjabis and they should feel proud of being Punjabis,” he said, adding that Punjab was an agrarian state and its economy would be hit hard if the three Acts were implemented.

The Tribune

2020-10-13

Amritsar