AAP burns Union Minister Lekhi’s effigy

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 23

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today held a protest before the DC office against the anti-farmer statement made by Union Minister and BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi.

Party activists also burnt an effigy of the minister. Senior party leader and state secretary Harminder Bakshi, district party president Surinder Singh Sodhi and rural president principal Prem Kumar said we demand the resignation of Minakshi Lekhi for the remarks she made against the farmers.

They said it wasn’t the first time that such objectionable words had been used against the farmers. Earlier too, leaders had used foul words to refer to them. They said AAP would keep opposing the Centre and its leaders on the issue as long as they don’t resign.

The leaders said for the past eight months, in spine chilling cold and scorching summers, farmers had been sitting on the border to protest against the anti-farm laws. They have been staging the protest with their children and countless farmers had lost their lives while protesting at the Delhi borders. They said rather than addressing their demands, the BJP leadership was using objectionable and provocative language against them rubbing salt on their wounds.

Senior leaders Darshan Bhagat, Dr Shiv Dyal Mali, Dr Sanjeev Sharma, Harcharn Singh Sandhu and Subhash Sharma among others were present on the occasion.

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