New Delhi: Following stories of the dying of a protesting farmer, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and celebration chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Centre saying “historical past will definitely demand an account of the farmers’ killings”.
Taking to X, Rahul wrote, “The information of dying of younger farmer Shubhakaran Singh in firing on Khanauri border is heartbreaking, my condolences are together with his household. Final time Modi’s conceitedness was accepted solely after the sacrifice of greater than 700 farmers, now it has once more develop into the enemy of their lives. Sooner or later historical past will certainly demand an account of the ‘killing of farmers’ from the BJP hiding behind the pleasant media #FarmerLivesMatter.”
खनौरी बॉर्डर पर युवा किसान शुभकरण सिंह की फायरिंग में मौत की खबर हृदयविदारक है, मेरी संवेदनाएं उनके परिवार के साथ हैं।
पिछली बार 700 से अधिक किसानों का बलिदान लेकर ही माना था मोदी का अहंकार, अब वो फिर से उनकी जान का दुश्मन बन गया है।
मित्र मीडिया के पीछे छिपी भाजपा से एक दिन… pic.twitter.com/Gq8igo757S
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 21, 2024
In a put up on X, Mallikarjun Kharge expressed deep anguish over the lack of a younger farmer, Shubhkaran Singh from Bathinda, who misplaced his life resulting from firing on the Khanauri border. Kharge criticised the Modi authorities, highlighting earlier incidents the place farmers misplaced their lives, together with the latest Lakhimpur Kheri incident the place the son of a minister allegedly drove a automobile over protesting farmers. He additionally referred to the Mandsaur incident in Madhya Pradesh, the place farmers had been killed in alleged police firing. Kharge slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s derogatory remarks in the direction of farmers in Parliament.
जब नहीं बचेगी, किसानों की जान…
तो कैसे ख़ामोश रहेगा हिन्दुस्तान ?खनौरी बॉर्डर पर बठिंडा के युवा किसान शुभकरण सिंह की फ़ायरिंग से मृत्यु बेहद पीड़ादायक है।
मोदी सरकार ने —
पहले 750 किसानों की जान ली,
मोदी मंत्री पुत्र ने लखीमपुर में किसानों को गाड़ी से कुचला,
याद…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) February 21, 2024
Notably, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh reposted and echoed comparable sentiments, accusing the federal government of prioritising relationships with “capitalists” over the welfare of farmers.
एक तरफ़ पूंजीपतियों के साथ यारी,
दूसरी तरफ़ किसानों के साथ ग़द्दारी!#FarmerLivesMatter https://t.co/qJCFa6u5VW
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 21, 2024
Farmers Declare Protester Misplaced His Life At ‘Delhi Chalo’ Agitation
In the meantime, farmer chief Baldev Singh Sirsa recognized the sufferer as Shubhkaran Singh (21), who died at Khanauri on the Sangrur-Jind border. Singh was a resident of Baloke village in Punjab’s Bathinda district, he mentioned, as per PTI.
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The farmers claimed that Haryana Police personnel fired rubber bullets moreover tear fuel shells. To press the Centre to just accept their calls for, together with a authorized assure for minimal assist value (MSP) for crops and farm debt waiver, the farmers are tenting on the border factors since February 13 together with their tractor-trolleys, mini-vans and pickup vans.