Khali said it will be difficult for the Center to deal with farmers.
New Delhi:
Professional wrestler Dilip Singh Rana, also known as The Great Khali, has become the latest star in the entertainment world to have supported thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana, who have been camping in and around Delhi to lobby for his demand to repeal the agricultural laws of the Center. In a video statement on the social media website Instagram, Mr. Rana called on the people of the country to support agitated farmers.
“They will buy it (the crop) for 2 rupees and sell it for 200 rupees. The laws will also harm the salaried workers, the street vendors; the common man will suffer. I will appeal to everyone to support the farmers so that the forced to accept their demands, “he said in Hindi.
“It will be difficult for the Center to deal with farmers in Haryana and Punjab,” he added.
Several Punjabi singers and actors, including Sidhu Moosewala and Babbu Maan, have supported the farmers’ protest. Singers Kanwar Grewal and Harf Cheema have joined the protests on the Delhi border. Singer Jasbir Jassi, who is very popular throughout northern India, has also lent his support to the turmoil.
Thousands of Punjab farmers marched to Delhi last week, braving water cannons, tear gas and milk loads along the way. The central government, which watches over the law and order of the national capital, did not allow them to enter at first; later, he said the protests should move to a location on the Burari outskirts of Delhi.
However, most of the agitated farmers have refused to move the protests to the government-designated location and are camping on the borders of Delhi hampering the movement of trafficking.
Representatives of agitated farmers met with Union ministers Narendra Tomar and Piyush Goyal on Tuesday, but the impasse could not be resolved. The farmers rejected the Center’s offer to form a panel to examine their demands in relation to the three farm laws. The next round of meetings is scheduled for Thursday.
The Center claims that the new farm laws, by allowing farmers to sell their crops outside of designated markets, will eliminate middlemen. Farmers, however, fear the laws will make them susceptible to exploitation by powerful corporate companies.
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