Punjab Chief Minister Rtd Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday blamed the Haryana government's forcible attempts to stop farmers from marching to Delhi in protest against the Central farm laws. Urging the ML Khattar government to allow the agitated farmers to pass through the national highway to take their voice to Delhi peacefully, Singh questioned the need to stop them from proceeding, according to an official release by Punjab Chief Minister's Office
"Why is ML Khattar government in Haryana stopping the farmers from moving to Delhi? The tyrannical use of brute force against peacefully protesting farmers is totally undemocratic and unconstitutional," he said,
The Chief Minister flayed the use of ‘brute’ force by the Haryana Police, which had used water cannons and tear gas in a bid to stop the Punjab farmers from marching through the state and had not allowed farmer from Haryana to move out of their villages in many places.
"For about 2 months farmers have been protesting peacefully in Punjab without any problem. Why is the Haryana government provoking them by resorting to force? Don't the farmers have the right to pass peacefully through a public highway?" he asked. Singh urged the BJP central leadership to direct their state governments not to indulge in such "strong-arm" tactics against the farmers.
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