Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: Former minister & president DCC Kathua Manohar Lal Sharma while conducting public meeting at Dinga Amb area of Billawar assembly today criticized NDA govt at center for it adamant anti-farmer anti-people attitude and said present farmers protest in the country is result of BJP’s politics of Jhooth & Fareb. Manohar said this farmers are representing 130 crores people of the country and said it feels immense pain when these farmers are outraged by terming them as anti-nationals by BJP leaders and also slammed remarks made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on farmers’ protest, calling it “most unfortunate and condemnable. The government must find an amicable solution and address the grievances of farmers sympathetically instead of blaming gangs, anti-national elements for these protests. He said farmers are protesting in a peaceful manner. Their protest is for their most genuine concerns, which the government is ignoring. “The farmers are fighting for their legitimate rights, and their protests are getting support from every section of society .The farm laws that are not in the interest of the farming community must be taken back but Prime Minister Modi has time to meet industrialists, but not farmers. “The entire country depends on the farmers. It is time that this government should embrace them as well, People have lost faith in the BJP. Around 70 farmers have sacrifices their lives for abolishment of these draconian farm laws by BJP government ” , he said Further he said it is for the first time in history of the country that instead of celebrating, farmers were forced to hit the streets on “Kisan Diwas” . In last he said that the BJP government at the Centre cannot suppress the voice of the farmers. Until the demands of the farmers are met, the Congress workers will continue with their protests in support of farmers. Also present were senior Congress leader D S Bindu, BDC Chairman Brijeshawar Indu,, Sarpanch Kulbushan Singh, Dalvir Sethi, SarpanchThakur ,Rajinder Singh,Madam Sushma Choudhary ,Kundan Lal Sharma , Madan Lal Sharma , Sony kumar , viru ji, Master Banarsi Dass & others. |