BJP Leaders Must Stop Blaming Punjab’s Farmers For Delhi’s Pollution & Answer For Their Own Administrative: Baltej Pannu
Punjab E News: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu on Sunday tore into the BJP for repeatedly targeting and defaming Punjab’s farmers to divert attention from its own administrative failures in tackling Delhi’s pollution crisis. He said that even before paddy harvesting began, BJP leaders had started blaming Punjab for Delhi’s pollution, despite the state achieving nearly 90% control over stubble burning this year, as confirmed by official Parliamentary records. He said the BJP’s anti-farmer mindset stood exposed as the party, which still has no answer for the nearly 750 farmers martyred during the protest against its black farm laws, continues to malign Punjab’s hardworking farmers.
During a media interaction, AAP Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu said, “Even before the paddy harvesting season had begun in Punjab, BJP leaders in Delhi had started making noise that smoke in Delhi was coming from Punjab. To cover up the gas chamber-like conditions that developed in Delhi during Diwali and their own administrative failures, BJP leaders are making new baseless allegations every day.”
The AAP Punjab Media In-charge stated, “BJP leader Kapil Mishra’s claim that 1,200 people had burnt stubble overnight is completely baseless and ridiculous. If there is any truth in Kapil Mishra’s claims, he should seek answers from his own party leader, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who has been making statements for several days about smoke coming from Punjab.”
He pointed out, “Punjab has achieved nearly 90% control over incidents of stubble burning this year, while an 80% reduction was recorded last year. Evidence of this is available in the Central Government’s reply recorded in the official proceedings of Parliament.”
Baltej Pannu asserted, “Even today, the BJP has not given any answer regarding the nearly 750 farmers who were martyred during the protest against the black farm laws at Delhi’s borders. This exposes the anti-farmer mindset of the BJP, which continues to target and defame the very farmers who feed the nation.”
“Every day, some BJP leader or another comes forward and makes an unsuccessful attempt to defame the hardworking farmers of Punjab. Punjab has almost completely brought incidents of stubble burning under control. The BJP should stop making false statements, stop maligning Punjab’s farmers and focus on its own administrative failures,” affirmed the AAP Punjab Media In-charge.
