KEJRIWAL SLAMS FARM LAWS AT MAHAPANCHAYAT HELD IN MEERUT

MEERUT: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday described farmers as true patriots and alleged that fake cases were being lodged against them in the context of the agitation against the three new agriculture reform laws.

Speaking at a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Meerut, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader termed the new laws as “a death warrant” for farmers. He said the farmers were in a “do or die” battle because they felt the government would hand over their land to corporates and they would become labourers on their own land.

He said that all the governments in the past 70 years cheated farmers on their demand for an appropriate price for their crops, adding, “but nothing happens after elections”.

He also indicated farmers had nothing to do with the violence that took place on Republic Day at the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor rally. “What happened at Red Fort on January 26 was organised by them (he didn’t mention any names),” he said.

Kejriwal ended his speech with the slogan “Chaudhary Charan Singh Amar Rahe”.