SAD Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal appeals Centre to fulfil demand of farmers, asks AAP to stop "double crossing" cultivators
ShiromAkali Dal (SAD) Chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday rendered support to farmers who have embarked on the 'Delhi Chalo' protest and appealed to the central government to fulfil the demands of the cultivators.
In post on X, the SAD chief also appealed to Aam Adami Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to give MSP on 17 crops including wheat and paddy as promised by them to farmers earlier.
«I appeal to Govt of India to immediately fulfil all the commitments already made to farmers. We also demand that @ArvindKejriwal and @BhagwantMann must honour their solemn commitment to give MSP on 17 crops including wheat and paddy as promised by them to farmers earlier,» he said.
He further said that Kejriwal and Mann 'must stop double crossing farmers as they had done during the last agitation'.
«We urge the Centre and Punjab government to find a peaceful resolution of farmers' just demands through negotiations and not through repression,» he added.
He further said that his party has always been in support of the farmers.
«Shiromani Akali Dal is the sole and long standing champion of farmers' rights and has always stood by them. The party fully supports their right to peaceful democratic protest. The SAD government have implemented unprecedented facilities for the farm sector including free power and many other measures,» said Badal.
Earlier in the day, the farmers' protest turned violent when police fired tear gas shells at farmers at the Shambhu border between Haryana and
