Mayor with Congress councilors sits on Hunger Strike against new farm laws

Amritsar, 23 December (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Amritsar Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu along with Congress councilors was on one day hunger-strike on Wednesday in Company Bagh. He made this move on Kisaan Diwas to support the protesting farmers against the three farm laws passed by the union government.

“We are supporting the genuine demands of our farmers. The three laws passed by Modi government are not only anti-farmers but also unconstitutional. Thus, central government must revoke these laws immediately, said Rintu. Thousands of farmers from Amritsar, Taran Tarn and Gurdaspur districts are sitting in Delhi and various other protest sites against these laws. We are sitting on hunger-strike to express our genuine concern for these farmers and their cause.

              If BJP is really serious about resolving the issue, the central government must stop this propaganda and deter its cadre from labeling our farmers as Naxalites & Terrorists.

             Taking pot-shots against BJP’s state leadership, Rintu asserted that those who have not won a single election in their life are misleading people through false & malicious propaganda.

            “He comes from an agricultural family and he can understand the pain and the agony, the farmers are going through with these laws. But BJP leadership of Amritsar has nothing to do with farmers. He also expressed resentment against the “vindictive IT raids” on the leading Arhtiyas of Punjab.

               Raman Bakshi Senior Deputy Mayor, Yonous Kumar Deputy Mayor, Councillor Vikas Soni, Sunil Konti, Navdeep Singh Hundal, Paramjit Singh Chopra, Mahesh Khanna, Surinder Choudhary, Harpandeep Singh, Smt. Sharanjit Kaur, Sanpreet Singh Aujla, S. Gurpartap Singh Happy, Ram Ali, Anek Singh, Rachpal  Singh Lali, Rana Sandhu, Parnav Dhawan, Mandeep Singh, Smt. Kajal, Bobby Ji, Kashmir Singh Kakku, Girish, Smt. Mamta Dutta, Smt. Jatinder kaur Sonia, Smt. Priyanka Shamra, Ritesh Sharma, Ashwani Kumar, Smt. Pinky Devi, Smt. Gurjit Kaur, Navdeep Singh, Smt. Parminder Kaur, Harpal Singh also joined the protest.