Chabbewal MLA joins farmers’ stir at Singhu border, cooks langar

Hoshiarpur, December 16

Joining farmers’ dharna at Singhu border in Delhi against the three agriculture laws framed by the Union Government, MLA from Chabbewal constituency Dr Raj Kumar took a dig at the Punjab BJP leaders. He asked them to be at the side of the country’s farmers and voice their grievances before the Centre instead of being a pawn of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Chabbewal said the Union Government was hurting democracy by not listening to the people of the country, in which the Punjab BJP leaders were equally responsible, as they had failed miserably in conveying the voice of farmers to the Centre. He said it was unfortunate that farmers all over the country were standing up against the agriculture laws and on the other hand the leaders of Centre and BJP were adamantly trying to prove that these laws were beneficial.

Accusing Punjab BJP leaders of not standing with farmers, he said if BJP leaders were claiming that they were attached to the soil of Punjab, then why were they running away from pursuing the case of country’s benefactors and becoming pawns of the Centre?

He termed BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Aadmi Party as anti-farmer parties and said there was a stark difference between what they preached and followed. Blaming the Centre for further marginalising farmers, he said the BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Aadmi Party were just pretending to be farmer-friendly, for which the people of the country would surely teach them a lesson. — OC