'How dare they call our farmers anti-nationals?': Sukhbir Singh Badal
Farmers Protest against Farm Laws 2020: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said that the farmers have dedicated their entire life to the nation and that those who are calling them anti-nationals are actually anti-nationals.
"There are elderly women in farmer protests. Do they look like Khalistanis? It is a way of calling farmers of the country as anti-nationals. This is an insult to the farmers. How dare they call our farmers anti-nationals?" Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal said while talking to the news agency ANI.
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"Does BJP or anybody else have the right to declare anybody as anti-national? These people (farmers) have dedicated their entire life to the nation and now you are calling them anti-national. People who are calling them anti-nationals are actually anti-nationals," he added.
Meanwhile, Shiromani Akali Dal stalwart, former Union Minister and five-time Chief Minister of Punjab Sardar Parkash Singh Badal returned the Padma Vibhushan award in support of the farmers' protest against farm laws 2020.
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Responding to this, Sukhbir Singh Badal said, "Parkash Singh Badal (former Punjab CM) fought for farmers for his entire life. He returned his award to send a strong message to the government."
"Farmers don't need these laws so why the Government of India is forcing them on farmers?" the Shiromani Akali Dal President said.
-PTC News
