The Punjab Congress on Monday slammed Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for his continued criticism of protesting farmers, accusing him of attempting to malign their image despite their long-standing demands.
Reacting strongly to Mann’s recent comments questioning the farmers’ commitment to safeguarding Punjab’s water resources, Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring issued a sharp rebuttal. He reminded the Chief Minister that several farmer unions had, in fact, protested against the Dam Safety Act as early as May 2022—protests which Mann himself had acknowledged by meeting with the agitators at the Chandigarh border.
Warring pointed out that during the 2022 protest, Mann had promised to raise the issue of the Dam Safety Act and the functioning of the Bhakra Beas Management Board with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. “It is disappointing that the Chief Minister is now discrediting the same groups he had once pledged to support,” Warring stated.
Criticising the state government's attitude, Warring said the continued hostility toward farmers was unjustified.
He said the CM had often been taunting farmer unions about staging dharnas and protests. He asked, what else they would do when they have always felt betrayed and let down.
He further called out the Aam Aadmi Party’s "double standards" on protests. “AAP itself was born out of dharnas. It is hypocritical to now attack others for adopting the same democratic method of protest,” he added.
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