Police in AAP-led Punjab lathi costs farmers: Here are their calls for and the way Arvind Kejriwal had supported farmers’ protest towards farm legal guidelines

On Wednesday, the Punjab Police officers imposed a lathi cost on the farmers and labour union employees who staged large protests exterior the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Sangrur. The farmers and employees held silent protests below the banner of Sanjha Mazdoor Morcha, a joint entrance of eight labour unions on the freeway within the metropolis over varied calls for when the baton cost came about.

What are the calls for of the protesting farmers

According to the studies, farmers protested looking for a minimal pay improve of Rs 700 below ‘The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act’ (MGNREGA), 33 per cent participation for Dalits in native cooperative organizations, and enhancements to land acquisition aid.

#WATCH | Punjab Police lathi-charged Mazdoor Union individuals who had been marching in direction of CM Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Sangrur relating to their varied calls for pic.twitter.com/MkpxdNSNQf

— ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2022

Farmers additionally sought compensation for the deaths of their livestock because of lumpy pores and skin illness, in addition to fee for broken crops and the cancellation of FIRs for burning agricultural residues. Many of the protesting farmers had been additionally detained by the Police who imposed a lathi cost to disperse the gang from exterior the residence of Mann.

Earlier, whereas asserting the protests of November 30, Zora Singh Nasrali, president of Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union (PKMU) which is part of Sanjha Mazdoor Morcha had stated, “We had a few meetings with CM Bhagwant Mann, finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema and bureaucrats in the past but our last meeting with Mann was scheduled for October 3 but it was called off. And after that, no date for the meeting was announced. Officials gave us assurance but not in writing. Hence, we have no other choice but to protest outside the CM’s house.”

Political reactions to Punjab Police lathicharging farmers

Shiromani Akali Dal’s Maheshinder Singh Grewal took cognizance of the incident and condemned the police motion on the protesting farmers. “This lathi-charge is unfortunate. It is the hypocrisy of AAP,” he stated. BJP’s Manjnder Singh Sirsa additionally chastised the AAP authorities and accused Delhi CM and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal of utilizing cash from Punjab within the Gujarat Assembly elections.

CM भगवंत मान के घर के बाहर धरने पर बैठे पंजाब के किसानों पर लाठीचार्ज करके केजरीवाल ने अपना असली रूप दिखा दिया
केजरीवाल किसानों को उनका हक देने की बजाय पंजाब का सारा पैसा गुजरात प्रचार में लगाकर पंजाब को कमजोर कर रहे है।
पंजाबी केजरीवाल की इस नाइंसाफ़ी का मुँहतोड़ जवाब देंगे pic.twitter.com/2vMEecoOZq

— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) November 30, 2022

“Kejriwal showed his true form by lathi-charging Punjab farmers sitting on dharna outside CM Bhagwant Mann’s house. Instead of giving the farmers their rights, Kejriwal is weakening Punjab by investing all the money of Punjab in promoting Gujarat. Punjabis will give a befitting reply to this injustice of Kejriwal,” he stated.

किसानों का कर्ज़ा माफ़ करते हुए अरविंद केजरीवाल और भगवंत मान pic.twitter.com/wWiXPTa2NS

— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) November 30, 2022

The incident is claimed to have occurred when Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann are engaged in campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly Elections. Meanwhile, the Punjab Police has denied the claims that they’d imposed a lathi cost upon the protesting farmers. “No lathicharge was done, and the protest is going on peacefully. An aggressive faction of protesters indulged in a scuffle, which was later controlled by the police. We have taken cognizance of their demands,” SSP Sangrur stated on December 1.

Sangrur, Punjab | No lathicharge was completed, and the protest is occurring in a peaceable method. An aggressive faction of protestors indulged in a scuffle, which was later managed by the police. We have taken cognizance of their calls for: SSP Sangrur pic.twitter.com/BhKB6VzQug

— ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2022

It’s vital to notice that the Aam Aadmi Party and its supremo Arvind Kejriwal had prolonged assist to the farmers who had staged a extreme protest towards the three farm legal guidelines launched by the Centre within the 12 months 2020. “Till these three dark laws are not rolled back, the farmers will continue their protest, and the AAP stands in support with them,” the occasion’s Punjab in-charge and Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh had stated.

Also, Kejriwal had congratulated and supported the farmers from Punjab who had led the agitation. “It was the longest non-violent movement. The ruling party (BJP) did everything to instigate them. They faced abuses and were termed as terrorists, Khalistani, and agents of China and Pakistan. Water cannon was used, and nails were used to stop them but they overcome it all. This movement enhanced the confidence of people in a democracy that was shaken recently,” he had stated after PM Modi introduced that the legal guidelines could be repealed on November 26, 2021.

Recently in March this 12 months, the Kejriwal Government authorized the dismissal of 17 circumstances filed by the Delhi Police towards farmers throughout final 12 months’s anti-farm legislation demonstrations, together with one involving violence on the Red Fort on Republic Day.

In the present case, the farmers who led the protest looking for a minimal pay improve of Rs 700 below MGNREGA, 33 p.c participation for Dalits in native cooperative organizations, enhancements to land acquisition aid, compensation for the deaths of their livestock because of lumpy pores and skin illness and the cancellation of FIRs for burning agricultural residues, had been lathi-charged by the Punjab Police. The Punjab Police denied the claims and stated that no lathi cost was imposed and that the Police had been making an attempt to regulate the gang.