As Probe Company Summons Punjab Farmers’ Chief, Akali Dal Slams Centre
Farmer chief Baldev Singh Sirsa is amongst the ones summoned for wondering (Record)
New Delhi:
Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu and farmers’ chief Baldev Singh Sirsa are amongst 40 folks summoned via the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) for wondering in a case associated with the banned outfit Sikhs For Justice. The actor, who has subsidized the farmers protesting towards the centre’s contentious agriculture regulations, has been requested to look ahead of the anti-terrorism company at its Delhi headquarters nowadays. The others who’ve been summoned come with officers of non-profit Khalsa Help.
Reacting to the summons, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged the centre used to be making an attempt to intimidate farmer leaders and the ones supporting them via central businesses.
“Strongly condemn the centre’s makes an attempt to intimidate farmer leaders and supporters of Kisan Andolan (farmers’ protest) via calling them for wondering via NIA and ED (Enforcement Directorate). They don’t seem to be anti-nationals. And after failure of talks for the ninth time, it is completely transparent that GOI (the Govt of India) is most effective seeking to tire out farmers,” he tweeted on Saturday.
Strongly condemn Centre’s makes an attempt to intimidate farmer leaders & supporters of #KisanAndolan via calling them for wondering via #NIA & ED. They don’t seem to be anti-nationals. And after failure of talks for the ninth time, it is completely transparent that GOI is most effective seeking to tire out farmers. pic.twitter.com/3x5T8VNdph
— Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) January 16, 2021
Khalsa Help, which has been supporting the protesting farmers via offering necessities, issued a observation on Saturday, announcing it’s going to cooperate with the company.
“We’re deeply involved to be informed of the summons being issued via the NIA to people concerned within the farmers protest, starting from bus drivers to union leaders all were summoned to look ahead of the NIA, being investigated as being ‘anti-national’ and supporting terrorism. Our Khalsa Help India workforce at the flooring have additionally been summoned and are being puzzled/investigated…Our workforce will cooperate and solution any queries raised via the NIA workforce,” it stated.
Sikhs For Justice is a US-based pro-Khalistan team.
Hundreds of farmers from Punjab and Haryana were conserving protests towards the regulations in and across the nationwide capital for weeks.
In the previous few weeks, a number of BJP leaders have claimed the presence of what they referred to as anti-national components a number of the protesting farmers.
A number of rounds of centre-farmer talks have failed to finish the impasse. Farmers have again and again rejected the centre’s provides of modification to the regulations, insisting on their calls for for repealing the regulation and prison ensure for Minimal Beef up Worth.
The Superb Court docket ultimate week placed on grasp the regulations and ordered {that a} panel be shaped to facilitate solution. The farmers, alternatively, vowed to proceed their agitation till the regulations are repealed.
