Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the BJP-ruled Centre is planning to bring back three repealed farm laws through the backdoor.
Taking to X on Thursday, Kejriwal said, “For the information of farmers across the country, I want to tell them that the three black laws that the Center had withdrawn three years ago due to farmers’ protests, the central government is now preparing to reimplement them through the back door by calling them a ‘policy.’ The Center has sent copies of this policy to all states to get their views.”
Launching an attack at the Centre over the ongoing agrarian issue in Punjab, he said, “Farmers in Punjab have been sitting on protests and indefinite hunger strikes for several days. They have the same demands that the central government had accepted three years ago but hasn’t implemented yet. The BJP government has now gone back on its promise.”
Accusing the BJP government of not initiating dialogue with farmers on their demands, he said, “The BJP government isn’t even talking to the farmers. They should at least talk to them. They are farmers of our own country. Why does the BJP have so much arrogance that they won’t even talk to anyone? For the farmers who are sitting on indefinite hunger strikes in Punjab, may God keep them safe, but if anything happens to them, the BJP will be responsible.”
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court today asked the AAP-ruled Punjab government to file a compliance report of its December 20 order directing the state government to provide medical aid and hospitalize farmers’ leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since November 26.
The Punjab government has been asked to file a compliance affidavit by Monday, January 6, as reported by news agency ANI.
