KEJRIWAL VISITS SINGHU BORDER
Talks to farmers, says ‘came here not as CM, but as sevadar’, assures AAP stands in support of farmers right will participate in Bharat Bandh
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Singhu border on Monday where he briefly interacted with some of the protesting farmers and also inspected the arrangements made by the city administration for them. “We support all demands of the farmers. Their issue and demands are valid,” Kejriwal said.
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Singhu border on Monday where he briefly interacted with some of the protesting farmers and also inspected the arrangements made by the city administration for them. Even as Kejriwal did not visit the main protest site, he was surrounded by scores of agitating farmers as he reached Guru Teg Bahadur Memorial near Singhu border (Delhi-Haryana border). “I have not come here as a chief minister. I have come here as a sevadar (one who does service). We support all demands of the farmers. Their issue and demands are valid. AAP and I have stood in support of the farmers right from the start,” Kejriwal told reporters during his visit.
The CM repeated that the Central government was “very upset” with him for not allowing the Delhi Police to convert nine stadiums in the city into jails to detain the protesting farmers. He reiterated that he was pressured into giving the approval, but he still did not.
“Our party, MLAs and leaders have been serving farmers as sevadars ever since. Farmers are in trouble today, we should stand with them. AAP supports
December 8 Bharat Bandh. Our party workers will participate in it across the nation,” he said.
Talking about the arrangements made by the Delhi government, Kejriwal, who is the national convener of AAP, said that at least 300 mobile toilets and 350 water tankers have been deployed at Singhu border.
“During my interaction with the farmers, they said they are satisfied with the arrangements. We will be in touch with them,” he said before leaving.