“Now not Our Farmers, Punjab Accountable For Protest”: Haryana Leader Minister

Chandigarh:

Haryana Leader Minister Manohar Lal Khattar hit out at his Punjab counterpart, Amarinder Singh, on Saturday afternoon, keeping him chargeable for the hundreds of farmers marching to Delhi to protest in opposition to the centre’s farm rules. He additionally claimed that “place of work bearers of the Punjab Leader Minister’s Workplace” have been main the protest.

Mr Khattar then thanked Haryana Police – who’ve been criticised for resorting to lathi fees and tear gassing to overcome again the farmers – for appearing restraint.

“Punjab farmers are protesting. Haryana farmers have stayed away. I thank Haryana farmers and police for appearing restraint. Punjab Leader Minister is fanning this protest. Workplace bearers of the Punjab Leader Minister’s Workplace are main the protest,” Mr Khattar advised journalists.

Mr Khattar, who sparred with Amarinder Singh on Twitter on Thursday, additionally repeated his declare that he have been looking to touch Mr Singh because the farmers’ march started, however had won no reaction.

Farmers from a number of states were marching in waves to Delhi to mount a joint protest in opposition to the farm rules, best to be faced via a Haryana police drive that have been urged not to allow them to go.

Except for lathi fees, water cannons and tear gassing, The law enforcement officials additionally arrange barricades wrapped in barbed cord to prevent the farmers, and dug up roads to behave as trenches. 

On Thursday Amarinder Singh took to Twitter to induce Manohar Lal Khattar to let the farmers go peacefully.

“Allow them to go ML Khattar ji, do not push them to the edge. Allow them to take their voice to Delhi peacefully,” he tweeted.

Mr Singh had previous requested: “Why is the ML Khattar executive in Haryana preventing the farmers from shifting to Delhi? The tyrannical use of brute drive in opposition to peacefully protesting farmers is completely undemocratic and unconstitutional.”

Mr Khattar spoke back: “I have been attempting to succeed in out to you for the ultimate three days however unfortunately you made a decision to stick unreachable – is that this how severe you’re for farmer’s problems? You might be best tweeting and operating clear of talks, Why?”

Undeterred by way of drive to prevent them, hundreds of farmers reached the Delhi border on Friday morning, the place they have been met with extra police boundaries and tear fuel. 

They got here with tractors sporting meals and crucial provides, and feature stated they’ll no longer go back till the centre has repealed the rules.

They’re protesting rules the centre says will reform the rural sector via casting off middlemen and making improvements to farmers’ income via permitting them to promote produce anyplace within the nation.

Farmers and opposition events allege that the rules will deprive the farmers of assured minimal value for his or her produce and go away them on the mercy of corporates.