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Arvind Kejriwal accuses Centre of preparing to implement revoked farm laws through backdoor
Jan-02-2025

AAP supremo and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed the BJP-led NDA government at the centre over the ongoing farmers' protest, saying the BJP would be responsible ‘if something happens’ to the protesting farmers in Punjab who are on indefinite hunger strikes.

Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the Centre is preparing to implement the now-revoked three farm laws ‘through the backdoor’ by calling it a ‘policy’. The draft policy has reportedly been sent to state governments for feedback. Three central farm laws were passed in 2020 but was later revoked by the Union government, after a yearlong protest by farmers. 

AAP supremo said that while the farmers were on a fast unto death in Punjab, the BJP, due to its arrogance, was not talking to them. He said that the BJP-led Centre accepted farmers' demands three years ago but is now reneged on it. Kejriwal further asked, ‘Why do the BJP have such arrogance that it does not even talk to anyone’. Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has been on an indefinite fast at the Khanauri border between Punjab and Haryana since November 26 to press the Centre into accepting the agitating farmers' demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) on crops.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court reprimanded the Punjab government today for not adhering to its directive to hospitalise Dallewal. It also cautioned against creating a misleading narrative that the government is attempting to force the farmer leader to break his fast. Earlier on Wednesday, Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, when asked about holding talks with protesting farmers, stated that the government would follow Supreme Court instructions on resolving the protest.

Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.


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