Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal strongly criticized Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing him of ‘misbehaving’ with farmers and failing to fulfill promises made by political parties regarding farmer welfare.
In an interview with media on Wednesday, Badal expressed her dissatisfaction with all three major parties—the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Congress—for not keeping their promises to farmers. “All three parties made big promises to the farmers. When Congress’ Captain Amarinder Singh was the CM, farmers were sitting outside Delhi for more than 1.5 years, and more than 700 farmers lost their lives,” she said.
Badal further criticized the AAP government for its failure to address the concerns of farmers. “This AAP government also made big promises to the protesting farmers. It has been three years since they formed the government in the state, and nothing has happened. The CM misbehaves with the farmers… Is he a CM or a gangster?” she added.
Last week, thousands of farmers gathered at the Golden Gate in Amritsar to protest against the Bhagwant Mann-led government. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher announced that they would burn effigies of the Punjab Chief Minister’s government across various districts to express their dissatisfaction. Pandher also demanded the release of farmers allegedly arrested by the Punjab police.
“We will have programs in around 18 districts. At 21 locations in Amritsar alone, we will burn effigies of the Bhagwant Mann government. Today’s program will be done at hundreds of locations across Punjab. SKM’s Punjab Union’s leader was detained along with the leadership of Kisan Majdoor Morcha… So, today’s program is against the human rights violations of farmers… It will be done peacefully… We demand that all arrested farmers should be released,” Pandher stated.