MP Manish Tewari joins farmers at Singhu border

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, January 3

Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Sunday reached Singhu border to express solidarity with the protesting farmers. He participated in the langar sewa being organised by the head of ‘Qila Anandgarh Sahib’ Baba Sucha Singh.

Tewari congratulated the farmers for their patience and perseverance against all odds. “It really takes a lot of dedication and determination to stay put in this severe cold and under such adverse conditions to pursue the mission,” he said, while adding that it was high time that the Government of India realised its blunder and withdrew the three agriculture laws which it had forced upon the country.

In a statement issued here, he said, “Despite strong resistance by the Congress party in and outside the Parliament against the three laws, the Central government went ahead using its brute majority to force through the new laws, which no farmer in the country supports. What is the point in continuing with these laws when those who are directly affected do not want them?”

Tewari condemned the stubborn attitude of the government in not showing any sensitivity towards the farmers’ concerns. “How does it matter if the government has to withdraw these laws, after all we are living in a democracy and people have all the right to seek the reversal of these laws,” he said, while advising the government not to make it a point of prestige. Government should not consider the farmers as their rivals or competitors but genuine stakeholders who need to be listened to, he added.