Kejriwal on record praising farm laws: Amarinder

Chandigarh, Feb 3 : A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) walked out of the all-party meeting to once again expose its double standards on the farmers’ issue, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said the people of the state should not expect anything better from a party whose chief was on record touting the farm laws as the most revolutionary step in the agriculture sector in 70 years.
The act of the walk-out had not only shown the party in its true colours but also bared their lie on Arvind Kejriwal’s video, which showed the Delhi Chief Minister narrating the benefits of the farm laws in a media interview, said Amarinder Singh.
Trashing AAP’s claim of the video being doctored, he said given their track record of repeated U-turns on the issue, it was amply clear where the party’s sympathies lie on this issue.
“How can one believe them after their continued theatrics over the farm laws and the farmers’ agitation, including their walk-out from yesterday’s meeting?” he asked, pointing out that this was not the first time AAP had shown its double standards on the issue.
Citing the recorded presence of AAP Punjab member Amrik Micky at Red Fort during the violence of January 26, the Chief Minister said there was no doubt now that the party was hand in glove with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the conspiracy to destabilise and sabotage the farmers’ peaceful agitation.
“What have they done to help or support the farmers in all these months?” Singh asked, adding that the string of AAP actions in recent weeks clearly proved that their sympathies were not with the farmers but with the BJP and their crony capitalists.