{"id":330557,"date":"2021-01-25T09:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330557"},"modified":"2021-01-25T09:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:49:57","slug":"punjab-cm-appeals-to-farmers-to-maintain-peace-during-r-day-tractor-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/punjab-cm-appeals-to-farmers-to-maintain-peace-during-r-day-tractor-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM appeals to farmers to maintain peace during R-Day Tractor Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Even as he termed their Republic Day Tractor Rally a testimony to the celebration of the Indian Republic and its Constitutional ethos, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh appealed to the farmers to ensure that the event remains peaceful, just as their anti-Farm Law protests have been so far, while urging the Centre once again to heed the troubled voice of the farming community in the true spirit of the Indian Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raveen Thukral, Media Advsisor to Amarinder in a tweet said, \u201cPunjab CM @capt_amarinder appeals to #farmers to maintain peace at R-day #TractorMarch in line with their commitment to peaceful protests. Calls #tractorParade testimony to spirit of Indian Republic, urges Centre to heed voice of farmers in the same spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeace has been the hallmark of your (farmers\u2019) democratic protests all these months, and should remain integral to your agitation in the days ahead, including the R-Day Tractor Rally into the national capital,\u201d said the Chief Minister, in his Republic Day eve message.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sight of your (farmers\u2019) tractors on Delhi roads tomorrow will underline the fact that the ethos of the Indian Constitution and the essence of our Republic is inalienable and uncompromisable,\u201d he said, adding that the farmers\u2019 arduous battle for survival \u201cwill always remind us of this truth, and it will always help us remember (lest we forget), that the principles on which stands the edifice of the India we know, and our forefathers strove to build, cannot be destroyed or demolished on the whims of a few.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lamenting that the federal structure on which India\u2019s polity is founded is facing one of its biggest threats under the present Indian regime, the Chief Minister said that the brazen manner in which the three Farm Laws were pushed through, without debate or discussion, cannot, and should not be accepted in the world\u2019s largest democracy. The Centre had absolutely no power to legislate on a state subject, which Agriculture is, and the implementation of the farm legislations violate every principle of our Constitution and the federal structure it stands for, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chief Minister said their collective fight, in which his government was standing shoulder to shoulder with the farmers, was aimed at protecting the federal core of the Indian Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand by every farmer whose sweat and blood has nurtured Punjab\u2019s soil for decades, and without whom India today would not stand tall as a self-reliant nation. Besides compensation and job for one family member of each of the deceased farmers, we shall extend any other help their families may need. We shall continue also to reach out to the families of those still camping at the Delhi border to make their voice heard by the Government of India,\u201d said Captain Amarinder, reaching out to every farmer and their families in Punjab.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recalling the contribution of Punjab\u2019s farmers to India\u2019s self-reliance and progress, the Chief Minister said they did not toil with their sweat and blood to see a nation whose Constitutional ideals of justice, liberty, equality and dignity, were being systematically trampled over the past 6 years, most notably over the past 2 months of their struggle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe voice of the farmers, and in fact every section of our populace, is being subjugated, and we have to ensure that their voice is not only heard but also heeded,\u201d he asserted, adding that the celebration of the Indian Republic would not be complete without the acknowledgement of this contribution of Punjab and its farmers to India\u2019s progress<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it would be rendered meaningless unless the Centre has the humility to accept that it has done wrong to us, and makes immediate amends by repealing the Farm Laws to start on a fresh slate, after due discussions with the farmers, as well as the government of Punjab and all others states directly affected by their decisions on agricultural issues,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cthat would be in the true spirit of India\u2019s Republic and Constitution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even as he termed their Republic Day Tractor Rally a testimony to the celebration of the Indian Republic and its Constitutional ethos, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh appealed to the farmers to ensure that the event remains peaceful, just as their anti-Farm Law protests have been so far, while urging the Centre once again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":330558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,1801,2913,2014],"tags":[1507],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330559,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330557\/revisions\/330559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/330558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}