PC QUESTIONS GOVT ON FARM LAWS AFTER WIN IN PUNJAB

New Delhi, Feb. 17: After the Congress’ victory in Punjab municipal elections, senior party leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday asked whether the Modi government still believed that farm laws are popular and only a small section of farmers of Punjab are protesting against them.

“The farmers are voters. So are migrant workers, MSMEs, the unemployed and the very poor families. When it is their turn, they will vote against the BJP like the Punjab voters.

“Does the Modi government still believe that the farm laws are popular and only a small ‘section’ of farmers of Punjab are protesting against them,” he asked on Twitter.

“The MEA is fast losing credibility by becoming the Ministry of Extraordinary Apologists for the government’s wrong domestic policies,” he also said.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also said that the anger brewing in Punjab has given a befitting reply to the BJP and PM Narendra Modi.

“The crop of anger and resentment brewing in the fields of Punjab has given a befitting reply to ruthlessness, sarcasm and confusion created by PM Modi and the BJP. Curse of Punjab... BJP’s drop,” he said in a tweet in Hindi on Punjab civil bodies polls.

Mr Surjewala also tweeted on the action of police on the “toolkit” issue, “Only a ‘weakkneed’ government can shudder and shiver over a ‘toolkit’. Only a ‘lilylivered’ ruler can heap 6,300 cases of ‘Sedition’ in 2 years...”