“I’m not afraid of ED or anyone”: Punjab CM criticizes opposition for “playing politics” over farmers’ protest | India News


CHANDIGARH: Stating that he was not afraid of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) or anyone else, Punjab’s Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday criticized all opposition parties in the state for “playing politics. “with the lives of farmers to promote their” self-interest. ”
This comes in between Shiromani Akali Dal The leaders (SAD) and the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) attacked the Chief Minister of Punjab for the ongoing farmers’ protest against three agricultural laws.
Singh, criticizing all key opposition players, from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders Prakash Singh Badal, Sukhbir and Harsimrat, to Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Haryana’s Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, for his “flip flops and mocking” of the struggle of the peasants, who were sitting in the cold on the roads to get their fair share “.
“For 13 years, I have gone to court because of the cases brought against me by the Badals, I am not worried about the ED. I can go to court and fight for another 13 years,” Singh said according to the Chief Minister’s Office. (CMO) launch.
The prime minister’s response comes after the former Union minister Harsimrat Badal claimed he was under pressure from the emergency room. “All these Badals are the same, and they are all liars. Akali leaders must stop lying and tell the truth because people know what you are,” he said.
Punjab’s Chief Minister met with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and urged the Center to reconsider its position on the laws, while appealing to farmers to find an early solution to the problem that was negatively affecting the “economy of the state and also represented a serious danger to National security“.
Commenting on his meeting with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Thursday, the prime minister said: “I had told Union Interior Minister Amit Shah that the Bills amendment passed in Punjab Vidhan Sabha was the solution to break the impasse on farmers. ” problem, since they were the essence of the future of the state. I urged him to get the president to pass the bills. ”
While reacting to the decision of the former Chief Minister of the Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, to return the Padma bhushan Medal to the Government of India, Singh in a live video statement about Facebook He said, “I don’t know why Prakash Singh Badal got Padma Bhushan in the first place.”
Noting that General Harbaksh Singh had hired Padma Vibhushan for winning the 1965 war, Captain Amarinder asked “what war did Parkash Singh Badal fight or what sacrifice did he make for the community? Stop politicking about this … these theatricals could have worked for 40 years ago but will not work now. ”
“All his life Prakash Singh Badal has been claiming that he represents the interests of farmers. So why did his party support the central ordinances after initially opposing them, and then he turned around and began to publicly criticize the legislation?” commented the Chief Minister.
Captain Amarinder noted that as a member of the Union Cabinet, Harsimrat Kaur Badal had been a very important part of the meeting that passed the agricultural ordinances.
He alleged that Kejriwal has misrepresented his statement on national security. “It was clearly made in reference to Pakistan and as Punjab’s interior minister, it was his duty to inform the Union interior minister of the dangers of prolonged unrest.
“Kejriwal nu jhooth bolan di aadat hai, aur Khattar nu kuttan di” (Kejriwal has a habit of lying and ML Khattar has a habit of hitting), said the Chief Minister, taking on his counterparts from Haryana and Delhi in their actions amid from farmers’ protests.
He claimed that the Khattar government in Haryana did not spare the old farmers.

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