SAD condemns repression to let loose of farmers in Sri Hargobindpur

Published on: 18 May 2023 at 05:56 PM

Published by: The fact news

The Fact News Service

Chandigarh, May 18

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday condemned the repression let loose on farmers, including women and the old, at Sri Hargobindpur and demanded immediate action against the guilty besides a high-level probe into the entire incident.

In a statement here, senior SAD leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema said “the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and its chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who heads the Home department, have exposed their real face. “Instead of listening to the grievances of the protesting farmers, this anti-farmer government has chosen to thrash and detain them and even manhandled women and the old”.

Asserting that no government should act in such a dictatorial manner, Dr Cheema said “it would have been better if the chief minister had called the farmers and listened to their grievances instead of summarily evicting them from their land”. He also expressed solidarity with the farmers and demanded they be given a sympathetic hearing.