{"id":349899,"date":"2024-08-26T08:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=349899"},"modified":"2024-08-26T08:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:34:53","slug":"get-well-soon-says-surjewala-over-kanganas-comment-on-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/get-well-soon-says-surjewala-over-kanganas-comment-on-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Get well soon, says Surjewala over Kangana\u2019s comment on farmers\u2019 protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/Get-well-soon-says-Surjewala-over-Kanganas-comment-on-farmers-protest.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349900\" width=\"356\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/Get-well-soon-says-Surjewala-over-Kanganas-comment-on-farmers-protest.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/08\/Get-well-soon-says-Surjewala-over-Kanganas-comment-on-farmers-protest-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chandigarh: Under fire over her remarks that the \u2018farmers\u2019 protest could have led to a Bangladesh-like situation in India if not for strong measures taken by the Modi government\u2019, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Monday asked BJP leader and Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut to \u201cGet well soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even BJP leaders in Punjab and Haryana have advised Kangana to refrain from making inflammatory comments as they fear this could further escalate farmers\u2019 outrage against the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video shared on X, Mandi MP Ranaut alleged that during the farmers\u2019 stir against the three farm laws, \u201cbodies were seen hanging and rapes were taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to her post, senior Congress leader Surjewala wrote on X, \u201cAfter all, why do BJP people hate the country&#8217;s food providers so much? The BJP has always lied, deceived, conspired and oppressed our farmers. And once again a BJP MP has made baseless allegations against our food providers. The question is that, has Kangana made this cheap allegation against the farmers as per the BJP&#8217;s election strategy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress leader who is campaigning in poll-bound Haryana that also saw year-long farmers\u2019 protest against the three farm laws that have now been rolled back, asked, \u201cWere these just Kangana&#8217;s words or did someone else copy them? If not, then why are the Prime Minister of the country, the Chief Minister of Haryana and all the BJP MPs and MLAs silent on this issue?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was questioned by the media over the purported remark of the party\u2019s MP against the farmers\u2019 agitation, he refused to comment saying, \u201cThis was her personal opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MP from Mandi blamed vested interests and \u201cforeign powers\u201d for the continuation of the protests even after the laws were rolled back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to her remark, Punjab BJP leader Harjit Grewal advised Ranaut to refrain from making inflammatory statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is not Kangana\u2019s department to speak on farmers, Kangana\u2019s statement is personal. PM Modi and the BJP are farmer-friendly. The Opposition parties are working against us and Kangana&#8217;s statement is doing the same. She should not make such statements, on sensitive or religious issues, religious organisations, \u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: Under fire over her remarks that the \u2018farmers\u2019 protest could have led to a Bangladesh-like situation in India if not for strong measures taken by the Modi government\u2019, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Monday asked BJP leader and Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut to \u201cGet well soon.\u201d Even BJP leaders in Punjab and Haryana have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":349900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1801],"tags":[16003,15567,18482,18483,15689],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349899"}],"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=349899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349901,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349899\/revisions\/349901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/349900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}