Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP over the malicious and derogatory terms allegedly used by its senior leaders against protesting farmers.
Singh asked the BJP to stop maligning farmers and their genuine fight for justice by using offensive terms like 바카라urban Naxals, Khalistanis, hooligans etc바카라.
바카라If the BJP cannot distinguish between anguished citizens fighting for their survival and terrorists, militants and hooligans, it should give up all pretence of being a people's party,바카라 the chief minister said in a statement here.
바카라A party which treats citizens exercising their democratic right of protest as Naxals and terrorists has lost all right to rule over those citizens,바카라 he added.
The Shiromani Akali Dal too condemned the BJP for allegedly terming Punjab farmers as 바카라urban Naxals바카라.
바카라It is reprehensible that the Punjab BJP unit has fallen so low that it is calling Punjab farmers urban Naxals. This insult is intolerable and I advise the BJP's Punjab unit to take back this slur inflicted on the 바카라annadaata바카라 immediately and apologize for the same바카라, SAD senior leader and party's 'Kisan Wing' president, Sikandar Singh Maluka said in a statement here.
He said the Punjab BJP should not try to label hard-working farmers of the state simply because they had protested against the anti-farmer statements of its leaders.
Chief Minister Singh hit out at BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh over his alleged description of Punjab farmers as 'urban Naxals바카라.
Singh said with these remarks, the BJP leadership had hit a new low in its desperation to promote its political agenda.
He pointed out that protests by farmers, who have been demanding the repeal of the Centre's new farm laws, were taking place not just in Punjab but also in BJP-ruled states Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
바카라Do farmers protesting in all these places look like Naxals to you? And does that mean law and order has collapsed everywhere?바카라 he asked Chugh.
바카라What is being seen in all these states, as well as at Delhi borders, is the sorry fallout of the BJP-led central government's failed policy on agriculture and its mishandling of the situation triggered by farmers' protest,바카라 said the chief minister.
Instead of heeding farmers바카라 pleas and responding to their concerns, the BJP was busy trying to demean them and stifle their voice, he claimed.
Pointing out that various farmer leaders themselves had appealed to the agitating farmers not to disconnect power to mobile towers, the chief minister said this clearly showed that what was being witnessed on the ground in some places 바카라was a spontaneous manifestation of the wrath of farmers who see a dark future ahead as a result of the new farm laws바카라.
Singh said farmers' unions have clearly stated that they do not want farmers to indulge in such acts.
The chief minister said the farmer leaders themselves believed, and have been stressing, that it was imperative for the success of their movement to ensure that it remains peaceful.
바카라Is that the language of Naxals as Chugh is alleging?바카라 he asked, dubbing the BJP leader's remarks as a 바카라shameless reflection of his own cheap and vicious mentality바카라.
바카라In sharp contrast to the BJP, the Congress believed in upholding the people's constitutional right of peaceful protest, which even the Supreme Court had validated in the context of the farmers' agitation,바카라 the chief minister said.
바카라But the BJP and its leaders like Chugh seem to be bent on stifling all such protests with their brazen lies and false propaganda,바카라 he added.
The chief minister also took a dig at Chugh's plea to the Union home ministry 바카라to keep an eye on such developments in Punjab바카라, saying 바카라it would have been better for the state if the BJP leader had sought the Centre's support in keeping an eye on the fresh spurt of the terrorist movement, as well as smuggling of weapons, in Punjab바카라.
He urged farmers 바카라not to give in to the provocations of BJP and other opposition parties in Punjab, as their sole agenda is to prevent the farming community from getting their rightful due from the Centre바카라.
On Saturday, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh had taken exception to the alleged forceful disruption of telecom services by protesting farmers in Punjab and said the Congress government has failed to maintain law and order in the state.
He had also said "urban Naxal forces seem to be having a field day in Punjab바카라.
The BJP leader had also wondered if the chief minister 바카라has connived with the Naxal forces to ensure the collapse of law and order" and create an environment of fear and terror in the state.
Amid reports that power supply to mobile towers was being disconnected by protesting farmers in different parts of the state, Amarinder Singh had on Friday appealed to them to not inconvenience the general public with such actions.
The farmers have been protesting against the Centre's new agri-marketing laws.
