Amarinder Singh lashed out at Arvind Kejriwal for farmers’ protest (Archive)
Chandigarh:
Punjab’s Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, locked in a bitter dispute with Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal over the farmers’ protest, lashed out on Monday, calling the AAP leader a “coward” and accusing him of “selling his soul if it serves to its purpose. ” .
He alleged that the “pathetic” AAP had notified one of the agricultural laws because it needed to “back off” in search of help to manage the coronavirus crisis in the national capital.
“All Punjabis know that I am not one to be intimidated by a number of false cases … they also know that you will sell your soul if it serves your purpose. The whole world has seen how you sold the interests of farmers by notifying one of the black laws. Why did you do that? “asked Mr. Singh.
“What pressure did the center put on you? Or is it so you can humble yourself before them the next time your pathetic government is reeling to handle the Covid crisis?” added.
Arvind Kejriwal responded and declared that the agricultural laws were the “gift to the nation” of his counterpart in Punjab.
“You were part of the committee that wrote these bills. These bills are YOUR ‘gift’ to the nation. Captain sahibWhy do the BJP leaders never accuse you of double standards the way they accuse all other leaders? “tweeted Delhi’s chief minister.
You were part of the committee that wrote these bills. These bills are YOUR “gift” to the nation.
Captain Sahib, why do the BJP leaders never accuse you of having double standards as they accuse all other leaders? https://t.co/dGxeYksrVY
– Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 14, 2020
Singh, who had previously called Kejriwal a “liar” and a “slimy guy,” also unearthed an incident from 2018, when Delhi’s chief minister apologized to Akali Dal’s Bikram Mathija for calling him a “drug lord”, and He said Punjab had seen him “cower in fear at a minor defamation case.
The Chief Minister of Punjab stated that, unlike Mr. Kejriwal, whose AAP is one of the main opposition parties in the state, he had “always done the right thing for his people.”
In his statement, Singh said that “a coward who had run scared and apologized when he was cornered in a defamation case” could not “save himself from the wrath of the farmers” or vote for his party in the next Assembly elections. . .
The indecent back and forth began after Amarinder Singh attacked the ruling AAP of Delhi for notifying one of the center’s three controversial agricultural laws. The notification reportedly took place on November 23, three days before the farmers started marching towards Delhi.
However, many have since said that the report is not true.
On Sunday, Kejriwal reiterated his support for the farmers and said he would join them on Monday’s one-day hunger strike. Last week he visited Singhu, on the Delhi-Haryana border, where large groups of farmers have set up camp, and he said he had come as “sevadar (voluntary)”.
Thousands of farmers are on the warpath after the center passed three laws through parliament in September. The center says the laws will help farmers earn better income from their produce, while farmers say the MSP will steal them and leave them at the mercy of companies.
Several rounds of talks between the center and the farmers have failed, with the farmers insisting that the laws be removed and that the center is only willing to modify the most problematic sections.
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