After making a controversial statement towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal has issued a clarification. The farmer leader was lambasted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after he acknowledged that “the graph of Prime Minister has risen considerably after Ram Temple, so it has to be brought down.”Â
However, after the statement went viral, Dallewal clarified that his statement was “twisted” and it doesn’t imply the way in which it’s being introduced. “I wanted to say that it is necessary to launch a movement to bring down the pride of this government, the Prime Minister and the atrocities being committed against us, but my statement was misinterpreted,” he added.Â
Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s statement on PM Modi
Earlier, a video surfaced wherein Jagjit Singh Dallewal mentioned that the farmers’ protest has been launched to deliver the graph of PM Modi’s recognition down after Ram Mandir’s ‘Pran Pratishtha’. The video had surfaced just a few days in the past when farmers had been about to launch their protest. “PM Modi’s graph has gone too high after Ram Mandir… there is very little time… we need to bring down his graph…,” Jagjit Singh Dallewal had mentioned.
Haryana CM Khattar objects to Dallewal’s statement
Objecting to Dallewal’s statement, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at present (February 15) mentioned that the sort of ways being utilized by farmers to press for his or her calls for will solely assist enhance the recognition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Â
“This is a political statement. Will the people stop supporting PM Modi if such a huge protest is organised? Rather, they are increasing that graph further. A message is getting circulated in the public that this is not the right way to protest. We will worry about law and order in Haryana and in this we think that even 30-40 people can go to Delhi with their demands. It does not look appropriate that 200-400 people on their tractors wants to enter the National Capital,” he mentioned.
Bharat Bandh on February 16
It must be talked about right here that the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has referred to as for a Bharat Bandh on Friday, citing a bunch of unmet calls for of farmers. Besides farmers’ teams, merchants and transporters have additionally been requested to help the trigger and observe a piece strike that day, mentioned Rakesh Tikait, the nationwide spokesperson of the BKU.Â
On the target for the strike name, Tikait mentioned there are a number of causes for it. “The chief among reasons is the law on MSP Guarantee, unemployment, the Agniveer scheme, the pension scheme is also a big issue in the country for the people retiring from service,” Tikait added.Â
(With PTI inputs)
