Haryana HM slams Punjab CM's 'instigating' farmer protest remark

Home minister Anil Vij has made a scathing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for asking the agitating farmers to shift out of Punjab

Chandigarh: Haryana Home minister Anil Vij has made a scathing attack on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's statement urging the agitating farmers to shift out of Punjab.

Taking to Twitter Vij said, "Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ji telling farmers to do whatever they want in Haryana or Delhi and don't do it in Punjab is a very irresponsible statement. This proves that Amarinder Singh has done the work of instigating the farmers."

Vij, in a statement, said, "The statement was very irresponsible. It means that you (Amarinder Singh) want to disrupt the peace of your neighbouring states of Haryana and Delhi.

"It also means that he is the one who instigated them (farmers). His statement also proves that the farmers' protest is a protest sponsored by Amarinder Singh," he added.

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Notably, Punjab CM while addressing a rally in Hosiyarpur, urged the farmers to spare Punjab from their protests against the three central farm laws and advised them to shift their sit-in venues to Delhi borders or in Haryana.

Singh made the appeal to farmers arguing that their ongoing agitation at 113 places in Punjab was hampering the state's economic development and asked them to mount pressure at the Centre from Delhi borders instead.

“I want to tell farmer brothers that it is your Punjab, your villages, your people. You do whatever you want to do at Delhi (border), put pressure on them (Centre) and make them agree,” Singh said.

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