Being a purely religious body, by getting involved into the farmers agitation, which comprises farmers from all religions and castes, the SGPC is going completely against the mandate given to it under The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 and Punjab Act 8 of 1925 .
On International Women’s Day, women from Punjab reached Tikri on Delhi-Haryana border on to join the ongoing farmers’ protest. A protestor said, “We urge the Central Government to roll back the three black laws.” Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.International Women’s Day: Women take helm of Farmers protest at Tikri Border
Read more about Rakesh Tikait dismisses Haryana Cong leader s liquor support remark on Business Standard. This comes after the Vidya Rani on Monday has urged party workers to strengthen the farmers agitation and said they can contribute "be it money, vegetables, liquor"
Dismissing the remarks by Haryana Congress leader Vidya Rani on extending support to farmers agitation by providing liquor, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said that such people don t have anything to do with the farmers movement. What is the use of liquor here? I don t know why she s making such comments. Such people don t have anything to do with the movement. It s wrong and shouldn t be done, Tikait told reporters on Congress Vidya Rani s remark that stoked controversy. They can distribute whatever they want to in their (Congress) own movement, Tikait added.
This comes after the Vidya Rani on Monday has urged party workers to strengthen the farmers agitation and said they can contribute be it money, vegetables, liquor .