Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence at the Red Fort during the farmers’ mass...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence at the Red Fort during the farmers’ massive tractor rally on Republic Day.
Kejriwal was speaking at a “kisan mahapanchayat” or farmers’ conclave in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city. Several leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party also attended the event. More than 5,000 people were at the conclave, The Indian Express reported.
Kejriwal said: “They orchestrated the incident at the Red Fort. Those who hoisted the flag at Red Fort were BJP workers.” The Delhi chief minister alleged that the protestors, unfamiliar with the roads of Delhi, were intentionally shown the wrong path.
A section of protestors had entered the Red Fort on January 26 and hoisted religious flags there. Actor Deep Sidhu was accused of instigating the violence. He was arrested earlier this month.
Kejriwal lashed out the Centre for labelling the farmers anti-nationals and filing false cases against them. He added that even the British did not dare to file sedition cases against the farmers. “You [the BJP] call the farmers terrorists?” Kejriwal said. “There are lakhs of farmers whose sons are at the borders of the country and Delhi.”
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