Kejriwal Tore Modi Govt’s New Farm Bill
- 18-Dec-2020
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday tore up copies of the Centre's three new agriculture-related laws in the Legislative Assembly.
Addressing the Delhi Assembly, the chief minister also alleged that the laws ‘have been made for electoral funding of the BJP and not the farmers.’
Kejriwal said, ‘I am pained that I have to do this. I did not intend to, but I cannot betray the farmers of my country who have been sleeping on the streets in the cold when the temperature is just 2 degrees Celsius.’
He further said, I am a citizen of this country first, a chief minister later. This assembly rejects the three laws and appeals to the central government to meet the demands of farmers.
20 protesting farmers have died so far and asked the Centre when it will "wake up".
While tearing the copy of the laws, the chief minister said that the Centre should not be under the impression that the farmers will simply return to their homes. In 1907, a farmers' protest had continued for nine months till the British rulers repealed some laws, he said.
He said the Aam Aadmi Party stands firmly with the demands of the farmers of the country. Slogans of “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” were also raised in the house.
