To express solidarity with the ongoing farmers’ agitation, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has stated that he will sit on a day-long hunger strike on Monday and urged his party cadre to the same. The Delhi CM has maintained that the Centre should withdraw the three contentious farm laws introduced and also asserted that the Union Government should ‘shun its arrogance’. Kejriwal has also slammed the statements made by several Union Ministers alleging the presence of ‘anti-national’ elements in the ongoing farmers’ agitation.
Meanwhile, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Som Parkash met Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday amidst farmers’ protests against the Centre’s three agriculture laws, news agency PTI reported. The ministers were accompanied by BJP leaders from Punjab. Tomar and Parkash, along with their ministerial colleague Piyush Goyal, had led the government’s negotiations with the protesting farmers.
The chief minister also attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and asked if everyone supporting the farmers’ agitation was anti-national. “Some central government ministers and BJP leaders are saying that farmers are anti-national. Many ex-servicemen, national and international players, singers, celebrities, doctors, traders are supporting the farmers. Want to ask BJP are all these people also anti-nationals,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police stepped up vigil on the national capital’s border with Haryana on Sunday as farmers plan to block the Jaipur National Highway-8, which passes through Gurgaon, as part of their protest against the Centre’s new agri laws. The city police had on Saturday increased security arrangements by deploying additional personnel and placing more concrete barriers.