BATHINDA: As like previous occasions when the various political parties from Punjab had been supporting the ongoing farmers’ protest, the political parties except Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are going ahead in showcasing concern for the cause of farmers after Lakhimpur Kheri incident wherein four protesting farmers had been mowed down on Sunday.
The senior leaders of political parties are heading towards Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. After Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress, now the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has announced to reach at the town in UP to condole the death of the farmers. The SAD has announced that its five-member delegation is leaving for UP.
After the farmers were mowed down by a jeep owned by the family of Union minister of state Arun Kumar Mishra, AAP, lead by Punjab affairs in charge Raghav Chadha and comprising leader of opposition in state assembly Harpal Singh Cheema, MLAs Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Baljinder Kaur, Amarjit Singh Sandoa reached to the bereaved families. The AAP leaders though were detained stayed there and succeeded in meeting the families.
Accompanying Congress’ former national president Rahul Gandhi, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi visited the families on Wednesday. The Congress convoy led by Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu left for Lakhimpur Kheri.
Not to be left behind, SAD announced that its delegation led by former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and comprising senior leaders Balwinder Singh Bhundar, Prem Singh Chandumajra, Bibi Jagir Kaur and Bikram Singh Majithia, will also visit Lakhimpur.
AAP MLAs Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Baljinder Kaur said, “AAP is fully with the protesting farmers and wanted to stand by the bereaved families. We are disturbed by the brutal killing of the farmers and despite all this the central government is shying away in sacking the minister and arresting his son Ashish Mishra. We want exemplary punishment for the BJP leaders for this gruesome attack.”
Congress leader and Punjab transport minister Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, who accompanied Sidhu said, “We want to stand by farmers when their loved ones have been brutally killed. There is no politics behind this as even our leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi too have met the families.”
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “All those responsible for this massacre should be put behind bars immediately, however high they may be”. Badal said the delegation will also meet Uttar Pradesh government representatives and impress upon them to arrest the perpetrators of this ghastly act immediately.
Meanwhile, Sidhu, on his way to Mohali to lead the convoy to Lakhimpur, had to face black flags from protesters at Dhareri Jatta in Patiala. Sidhu wanted to show solidarity with protesters but they said he had not listened to them for a year.
Congress worker Kasturi Lal (55) from Barnala died while going to Mohali to participate in the protest march towards Lakhimpur Kheri. Congress workers had stopped at Rajpura for breakfast and Kasturi Lal all of a sudden collapsed and found to be dead.
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