Amid the ongoing farmers' protest, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched a scathing attack on the Central government, alleging that it has orchestrated a war-like scenario in Delhi and various states. In his critique, Stalin shifted the blame onto the Centre while also questioning the identity of the real perpetrators.
Stalin rallied his party workers for a three-day state-wide campaign titled 'Stalin's Call to Retrieve Rights (Urimaigalai Meetka Stalin-in Kural)', scheduled to commence on February 16. In a missive to party cadres, he asserted that the forthcoming 2024 Lok Sabha election would serve as a resounding response to the BJP-led government at the Centre.
"The Union BJP government has manufactured a war-like ambiance in the nation's capital, New Delhi, as well as in other states like Madhya Pradesh. The surroundings are besieged with barricades, spiked barriers to impede vehicular movement, and a pervasive presence of security personnel," Stalin underscored in his communication.
He further emphasized, "The BJP government has cultivated a setting more akin to a conflict zone to quash the farmers' resistance."
"While the farmers persisted in their protests against the three contentious farm laws for nearly a year, the union government unjustly labeled them as terrorists. Despite the withdrawal of the farm laws in response to their sustained agitation, the government has failed to outline any measures aimed at enhancing the farmers' livelihoods."
"The charges leveled against the farmers remain unresolved. Now, armed security forces have been deployed, and spike barriers have been laid out to deter the farmers from voicing their demands. Who, then, are the true perpetrators? The farmers or the government?" Stalin questioned in his correspondence.
The central theme of the three-day DMK campaign will be 'Let fascism fall, and India rise'.
Meanwhile, the key border points between Delhi and Haryana, namely Tikri and Singhu, remained inaccessible to traffic, with security personnel in riot gear stationed at strategic locations in the national capital as the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' agitation entered its third day on Thursday.
While movement was permitted through the Ghazipur border with Uttar Pradesh under the supervision of security forces, heightened vigilance was observed by the Delhi Police even as the protesting farmers encountered resistance from the Haryana Police at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana near Ambala.
