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the President for assent. with the fact that Captain Am-
In a related development, arinder Singh has directed the
Haryana Chief Minister Mano- protesting entities not to protest
har Lal Khattar met Prime in Punjab, but to protest in Del-
Minister Narendra Modi on hi and Haryana and UP. This
Thursday and briefed him on itself shows the genuineness of
the farmers’ protest and the the protest.”
Karnal incident. Questioning He further claimed that
the genuineness of the farmers’ farmers’ protests are being “or-
agitation, Bharatiya Janata Par- chestrated because today the
ty (BJP) national spokesperson weak Congress does not have
Gaurav Bhatia on Tuesday said it in themselves to actually even
Congress orchestrated the pro- gather the strength to agitate.”
test because the party is weak Further attacking Punjab
and does not have strength to Chief Minister, Bhatia said,
protest under its own name. “It seems the leadership in the
“Today, a fact has come out. Punjab Congress is not in sync,
Punjab Congress MLA Raj Ku- and Captain Amarinder Singh
mar Verka said his party is be- is suffering from ‘Sidhuitis’
hind the agitation against the now.” Bhatia asked the Punjab
Centre’s farm laws,” said Bha- CM what he has done about
tia. Questing the validity of the the Punjab contract farming act
protest, he said, “What kind of that stipulates that if a farmer in
agitation is this that the farm- Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh preparing the feast for Punjab violates an agreement,
ers or the protesters are being a recent dinner for the Tokyo Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra and others they could be sent behind bars.
guided and commanded by the in Chandigarh (ANI) “This is the double standard of
Congress party! Now, coupled Congress,” he added.
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