Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and AAP State Wing Criticize Farm Laws
Chandigarh:
The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party lashed out at Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, accusing him of being in cahoots with the BJP to “spread lies and defame Arvind Kejriwal” after media reports said Delhi had notified one of the three agricultural laws in the center. of mass protests.
In a statement released Tuesday night, the Punjab AAP said Amarinder Singh and the BJP had “teamed up to make completely false accusations” that the Delhi government passed agricultural laws and that the Punjab prime minister was controlled by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The AAP, which is the main opposition party in Punjab, said the prime minister was responding after Kejriwal rejected a proposal by the Delhi police (which reports to the center) to convert the city’s stadiums into open-air prisons. to retain farmers who are held on the outskirts by barricades.
“How can the Kejriwal government pass these laws? If the power (to pass the laws) rests with the state governments, then Punjab and other states have nothing to fear,” the statement said.
“If Mr. Kejriwal had passed these black laws, wouldn’t Delhi farmers oppose him? Today, not a single Delhi farmer opposes him. Amarinder Singh and Akali Dal (a former BJP ally who retired from the NDA by laws) are deceiving people, “the statement added.
Media reports said early Tuesday that the Delhi government, which has publicly backed protesting farmers and offered them help to set up their camps, had notified the law passed by the center in September that says farmers They can sell products in the markets and prices of their choice.
The notification reportedly took place on November 23, three days before thousands of farmers began marching on Delhi. However, many now say the report is not true.
Amarinder Singh, meanwhile, responded and was quoted by the ANI news agency as saying that the Aam Aadmi Party “had no shame.”
“Are you not ashamed?” Singh asked, criticizing the party for tricking the farmers into pretending to support them before removing the rug from under their feet.
“They failed to pass any amendments in the Delhi Assembly to deny the core laws, as was done in Punjab. And now they have officially notified the agricultural laws. The true intention and affiliation of the party have been exposed,” Singh said, flipping Punjab The AAP accusations on his head.
Meanwhile, as Congress and the AAP exchange criticism (and accusations of supporting the BJP), farmers’ representatives met with the center tonight for conversations that were inconclusive.
More talks are scheduled for Thursday, but both sides remain firm on their central positions: Farmers want the laws repealed and the center insists that the reforming laws will be upheld.
Farmers now have 24 hours to identify “specific issues” related to farm laws before the next round of discussions. Farmers have already made it clear that they do not intend to go home without laws being lifted or without legal guarantees on prices.
With contributions from ANI
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