Warring ridicules BJP for celebrating land-pooling policy rollback
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Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday ridiculed the Bharatiya Janata Party (
BJP
) for 'celebrating' the withdrawal of the land-pooling policy by the
Aam Aadmi Party
govt in Punjab.
"Begaani shadi mein Abdullah deewana," he remarked in a written statement.
Reacting to the BJP's rally on Sunday, Warring said the saffron party was "trying to steal the credit of the farmers and the Congress party, both of whom put up a strong resistance against these laws with massive protests against the policy."
He added, "It is the farmers and the Congress workers who deserve the credit for forcing the govt to retreat and withdraw the policy, and now the BJP is trying to steal the credit." He asked the BJP leadership, "What was its contribution in making the govt withdraw the policy?"
Warring said that the BJP was "playing a fixed match with the AAP" as the latter was "trying to help it in making inroads in Punjab."
"But," Warring added, "the wounds that the BJP inflicted on the Punjabi farmers during the anti-farm law protests are too fresh to be forgotten. No matter what sort of games the A and the B teams play, they stand exposed before the people of Punjab."
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