Chandigarh, October 2
A day after Haryana Interior Minister Anil Vij said that Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi’s tractor rally will not be allowed to enter the state, on Friday CM Amarinder Singh of Punjab responded by asking whether a “raj from the jungle “prevails there.
Amarinder Singh reacted sharply to the Interior Minister’s comments, saying it is a “futile move” to stifle the voice of an angry nation.
He warned that such dictatorial measures would only strengthen Congress ‘determination to fight for farmers’ rights.
“Is there a jungle raj in Haryana who can prevent anyone, let alone a duly elected leader of a national political party, from entering the state or speaking out against the injustice that is being committed against farmers?” Asked the Prime Minister. the Haryana government in a statement.
“Immediately after the assault and the cases recorded by the UP police against Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and seen in the context of the previous lathicharge charge by the Haryana police against the agitator farmers, it is clear that the BJP governments were bent on in repressing the voice of the opposition in total violation of the democratic rights enshrined in the Constitution, “he said.
The Punjab CM said that Congress will not be intimidated by such “autocratic and undemocratic actions of the BJP-led governments, whether in the Center or in the states.”
“If they think they can break the will of the congressional leaders or stifle all opposition with such arrogance, they are living in a fool’s paradise,” said the Punjab CM.
History is testimony that the voice of the people only gets louder if it is sought to crush it by force, he warned.
Vij had said Thursday that Rahul Gandhi’s proposed tractor rally will not be allowed to enter Haryana.
“They will not be allowed to disturb the atmosphere of Haryana. Previously, two congressional-sponsored demonstrations were prevented from entering the state. Also, we will stop his demonstration and will not allow him to enter Haryana, ”Vij had told reporters.
Rahul Gandhi will hold tractor rallies in Punjab and Haryana from October 4-6 to protest the controversial agricultural laws.
“Rahul will start his Kisan Mazdoor Yatra on October 4 from Moga of Punjab. On October 6, this yatra will enter Haryana from the Pehowa border, ”Congressional Chief Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said in Kaithal on Friday.
He said that if the BJP-JJP government tried to prevent him from entering Haryana, congressional workers would arrest him.
Meanwhile, Amarinder Singh flared up the “nasty way” in which the BJP had been trying to “intimidate the opposition and drown out its voice, first in Parliament on the farm bills and then on Thursday at UP, where the Gandhis were prevented from meeting the afflicted. ” family of the victim of the shocking incident in Hathras ”.
“Vij’s statement showed that these acts were not arbitrary but part of a grand plan by the BJP to destroy all opposition,” the CM said.
“But the BJP will not be successful. The people of India will not allow them to get away with it. Once again they will be reduced to the two seats in Parliament from where they began their political journey, ”warned Amarinder Singh. PTI
