“It hurts me to have to do this. It was not my intention, but I cannot betray the farmers of my country who have been sleeping on the streets in the cold … when the temperature is only 2 degrees Celsius,” Kejriwal said, while breaking copies of the three laws.
“I am a citizen of this country first, prime minister later. This assembly rejects the three laws and appeals to the central government to meet the demands of the farmers,” he said.
Kejriwal further said that 20 protesting farmers had died so far and asked the Center when it will “wake up.”
He said the Center should not be under the impression that farmers will simply return home. In 1907, a farmers’ protest continued for nine months until British rulers struck down some laws, he said.
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