Lathicharge On Farmers In Haryana’s Karnal “Executive-Backed Assault”: Amarinder Singh
Amarinder Singh additionally expressed surprise on the “brazen brutality” of the Haryana Police.
Chandigarh:
Punjab Leader Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday termed the lathicharge on farmers in Haryana’s Karnal a “government-sponsored assault” and stated this type of “vicious attack” used to be now not most effective unacceptable however outright condemnable.
In a remark, Mr Singh additionally expressed surprise on the “brazen brutality” of the Haryana Police.
Round 10 other people had been injured on Saturday as police allegedly lathi-charged a gaggle of farmers disrupting site visitors motion on a freeway whilst heading against Karnal to protest towards a BJP assembly attended by means of Haryana Leader Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, state BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar and different leaders.
The police, alternatively, stated most effective gentle pressure used to be used because the protesters had been blocking off the freeway.
Mr Singh stated this used to be now not the primary time that farmers have been subjected to such ruthlessness by the hands of the Haryana Police.
He stated it used to be glaring that the BJP-led Haryana authorities had as soon as once more intentionally used brute pressure towards farmers in a determined bid to finish their agitation towards the “draconian” farm rules.
Previous in November 2020, the Haryana Police had “ferociously assaulted” farmers to forestall them from marching to the borders of Delhi to sign up for the agitation towards the farm rules, he added.
“Such Khattar government-sponsored assaults on farmers don’t seem to be most effective unacceptable however outright condemnable,” Mr Singh stated, challenging an apology from Mr Khattar and help for the injured farmers.
“That is no method to deal with our annadatas,” he stated.
Singh stated the BJP must face the effects of such “horrendous” movements and the Centre’s apathy against farmers within the subsequent 12 months’s meeting elections in Punjab and different states.
The folk of India won’t forgive the BJP for its shameful remedy of farmers, lots of whom have misplaced their lives all over the agitation towards the farm rules at Delhi borders, he added.
Farmers protesting towards the centre’s 3 farm rules had been opposing the general public purposes of the ruling BJP-JJP mix in Haryana.
On Saturday, a number of farmers had amassed on the Bastara toll plaza close to Karnal based on a decision given by means of the Bharatiya Kisan Union.
