‘Farmers’ uproot paddy from BJP chief’s land in Punjab

On July 2 (Friday) a gaggle of protesting ‘farmers’ destroyed paddy from 1.5 acres of land that’s owned by BJP chief Harjeet Singh Grewal in his native place within the Dhanaula village of Barnala district of Punjab. The so-called farmers, which included girls, entered the BJP chief’s subject on Friday afternoon, uprooted the paddy saplings and later ploughed all the land with a tractor, thus destroying all the transplanted crop.
#NewsAlert | Farmers uproot farms of a BJP chief in #Barnalla. Details by Gurpreet. pic.twitter.com/88qLyEe3Eu— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) July 3, 2021
These ‘farmers’ beneath the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), made movies of the act and in addition raised anti-BJP slogans whereas destroying the crop.
Among these current at Friday’s protest had been Balwant Singh Uppali, convener of Samyukta Kisan Morcha for Barnala district, Jagsir Singh Chhiniwal, president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Kadian, Karnail Singh Gandhi, president of BKU. Sidhupur, amongst different leaders.
After the incident, the Union leaders claimed that they had solely gone to speak to the farmer who had taken Grewal’s land on hire however some indignant protesters broken the saplings. They mentioned that that they had earlier warned farmers to not hire the BJP leaders land as he has at all times spoken in favour of the farm legal guidelines.
“We had appealed to the farmer to not work on Grewal’s land. However, he transplanted the paddy. When we visited for a talk today, the mob abruptly uprooted the saplings. We have no personal vendetta against the BJP leader but he should not use derogatory language against farmers,” mentioned Balwant Singh Uppali, the convener of Samyukta Kisan Morcha for Barnala district.
‘Yeh aatanki, Congress aur Maowadi sab mile hue hain’: BJP chief Harjeet Singh Grewal tells OpIndia
Meanwhile, OpIndia obtained in contact with BJP chief Harjeet Singh Grewal to get his tackle all the incident. The BJP chief knowledgeable {that a} group of 100-200 individuals who known as themselves farmers, entered the sector on Friday afternoon. “At first, they hurled abuses while going live on social media. They destroyed the paddy crops and openly threatened and abused PM Modi and myself”, mentioned Grewal, including that these persons are not farmers however terrorists.
He mentioned: “Yeh aatanki (terroists) kisan, Congress aur Maowadi (Maoist) sab mile hue hain”, roughly translated as “these terrorists (farmers) are palms in gloves with Congress and the Maoists.
‘Farmers’ have the backing of Punjab police, alleges BJP chief
The BJP chief alleged that these persons are having the ability to perform such felonious actions with impunity due to the backing of Punjab police. He talked about how troublesome it was for him to file a police criticism in opposition to these miscreants, because the Punjab police, working on the behest of the Congress authorities within the state, had been reluctant to register a criticism in opposition to them. It was solely because of the intervention of upper authorities, that the case may very well be registered.
Punjab police reluctant to register complaints in opposition to these ‘farmers’: BJP chief Harjeet Singh Grewal
Speaking on how all the system is in cahoots with these criminals, who determine themselves as farmers, Grewal knowledgeable that it was not solely his criticism the Punjab police is unwilling to register any case in opposition to them. They have a free hand and might get away by doing no matter they need. They are usually not farmers however some kind of extortionists. They are a shame to society.
When requested whether or not the incident was a retaliation to his pro-farm legislation opinions, Grewal opined that in a democracy, everybody has the appropriate to protest, however peacefully, positively not by resorting to violence like these miscreants have been doing.
According to studies, the BJP chief has filed a criticism with the DGP of Punjab and in addition apprised Home Minister Amit Shah concerning the incident, who, in flip, additionally had a phrase with the DGP. An FIR has additionally been lodged in Dhanaula police station in opposition to the culprits,” mentioned Grewal.
The BJP chief has additionally instructed The Indian Express that the incident wouldn’t have any monetary influence on him as he had already obtained an annual contract of this land. The poor farmer, Nachhatar Singh, who took the 1.5 acres of land on hire is the one at loss, mentioned Grewal, including that he has assured Nachhatar that he’ll compensate him for his loss because it was not his fault and he’s only a poor farmer.
“The loss will be that of Nachhatar Singh because I had already got an annual contract of this land. I have a total of 17 acres of family land in different patches, out of which paddy was transplanted only in this patch. This land in question belongs to my brother, who is in the UK. I have promised Nachhatar to compensate him for his loss as it was not his fault and he is just a poor farmer,” Grewal was quoted by The Indian Express as saying.
How these ‘Farmers’ have carried out rampant violence within the identify of protest
This isn’t the primary such incident the place these so-called farmers have resorted to violent means within the identify of agitating in opposition to the farm legal guidelines. The scars of the January 26 insurgency, when so-called farmers opposing Centre’s three agriculture payments marched into Delhi from varied websites to put siege to the Red Fort, have remained with the folks.
After this tragic incident too, these ‘farmers’ refused to relent. On June 12, OpIndia reported how these protesting ‘farmers’ introduced that they are going to stage ‘Raj Bhavan gherao’ throughout the nation on June 26.
These are, after all, just a few, of the various such incidents which have been carried out by these criminals disguised as farmers. In truth, particulars had emerged revealing how the very individuals who had instigated JNU violence and the Anti-Hindu riots in Delhi early this 12 months at the moment are fanning the ‘farmer protests’ alongside the Haryana-Punjab border. Furthermore, the Greta toolkit had additionally uncovered how the anti-farm legislation protests in India is nothing however a scientific and well-planned conspiracy to destabilise India and dismantle the Indian democracy.