If agitators are Khalistanis why is govt. talking to them, asks Chidambaram
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Taking a dig on the Modi authorities, senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram has mentioned that if these agitating on the Singhu border are both Khalistani or Maoist as per the labels distributed by the federal government, then why is it negotiating with them.
“Ministers have described the protesters against the Farm Laws as Khalistanis; agents of Pakistan and China; Maoists; and, the latest, tukde tukde gang,” Mr. Chidambaram tweeted.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, in a web-based tackle to FICCI, mentioned the continuing farmers’ protest had been infiltrated by ‘Maoists and Leftists’. Earlier, the BJP leaders claimed that the protesting farmers have Khalistani separatists amongst their ranks.
Mr. Chidambaram added, “If you exhaust all these categories, it means there are no farmers among the thousands of protesters! If there are no farmers, why is the government talking to them?”
Congress normal secretary Randeep Surjewala, in a tweet, mentioned it was fallacious to declare that the farmers’ agitation was restricted to Punjab and Haryana. He identified that in Madhya Pradesh the tax assortment had come down from ₹1,200 crore to ₹220 crore in final one 12 months as a result of 47 agricultural markets and 298 sub-markets had gone bust due to the brand new farm legal guidelines.
CPI normal secretary D. Raja mentioned the federal government was making an attempt to malign the protest with the Ministers attacking the farmers in a sequence of press conferences claiming that extremely Left and anti-social components had infiltrated the ranks. “Even after sequence of talks, the federal government stays inflexible, conceited and insensitive. Malaigning the farmers’ motion can’t be tolerated. We condemn it,” Mr. Raja mentioned.
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