Chandigarh: Punjab Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO has expressed anger over the alleged killing of young farmer Shubhakaran Singh by Haryana Police and demanded immediate action from the Central Government.
Condemning the Haryana Police action, ETO minister Harbhajan Singh said, “It is very worrying that the Haryana Police resorted to violence against farmers when their leadership rejected Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda's call for talks. ” Were having a meeting to discuss.
The minister said that farmers of the world's largest democracy have the democratic right to protest peacefully for their legitimate demands. He stressed that efforts to divide Punjab's farmers from the rest of the country could jeopardize the stability of the region. “The demands of the farmers are not regional but reflect the concerns of farmers across the country,” he said. He further said that the Haryana government's move to stop farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border shows gross abuse of power.
Harbhajan Singh ETO said that the incidents that took place at Shambhu and Khinauri border while stopping the farmers from going to Delhi have exposed the dirty tricks being used by the Haryana government to suppress the farmers' protest and this has also led to the rise in violence in Haryana. Concerns have arisen. About the safety and rights of farmers.