Sukhbir Singh Badal condemns attack on Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma
Farm Laws 2020: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday condemned the attack on Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, on the attack on Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma, said that there was no place for violence in democracy even as he called it the work of anti-social forces who wanted to sabotage the ongoing ‘Kisan’ agitation against the Farm Laws 2020.
In a statement, the SAD President said that nothing could be achieved by resorting to violent activities and all acts of violence were condemnable.
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“Those resorting to such attacks can never be well-wishers of the farming community,” he added.
Sukhbir Singh Badal also asked the Congress government to come down heavily on anti-social forces that were being used to defame the farmers' cause and not encourage them in any manner whatsoever.
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“We are very clear that farmers cannot indulge in any such actions and we will oppose any attempt to appropriate the blame on them," the SAD president added.
He also asked the government to take the required measures to ensure such incidents do not reoccur. He also made an appeal for following peace and communal harmony at all costs even as he called upon the centre to talk to agitating farmers in the State to resolve their grievances at the earliest.
-PTC News
