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Starting his two-day Punjab tour on Monday from Ludhiana, AICC normal secretary and Punjab affairs incharge Harish Rawat mentioned that the NDA-led Central authorities was doing injustice against Punjab by not reopening Kartarpur Corridor and never resuming items trains within the state.
Rawat, who participated in a protest organised by Mahila Congress at Ludhiana against ‘crime against Dalit women under BJP rule’, advised the media, “The NDA-led Central government wants that farmers of Punjab should bow in front of them and give up their protest despite having genuine demands. But the government is forgetting that in a democracy, people are the supreme power. Farmers are the people, our own people and instead of finding a solution through talks, Central government is trying to kill their protest and wants them to bow. We are thankful to farmers that after listening to our CM (Captain Amarinder Singh), they vacated the tracks for goods trains but the Central government is still not resuming trains which is hurting Punjab’s economy.”
Rawat added, “PM Narendra Modi should have ensured that his Railways Minister came to Punjab and spoke to the farmers personally. Some solution should have been found out. Congress has decided that we will support and stand with the farmers till the end, till they don’t get justice. We are all for a democratic and peaceful solution to the problem in a way that farmers are also heard and Punjab’s economy is also not affected. But not running trains is complete injustice against Punjab.”
Commenting on the Kartarpur Corridor nonetheless not made operational from Indian aspect amid pandemic, Rawat mentioned, “Government of India never liked it earlier also why the Kartarpur Corridor was opened at all. Now also, it doesn’t want that it should open again. Pakistan has been doing one or the other notorious activities for long, it will do the same at Kartarpur also but we have a solution to it. We can tackle Pakistan. On behalf of Punjab government, I can say that we will not let any such elements take advantage of Kartarpur Corridor who are a threat to country’s unity and integrity. But just because they have something against Pakistan, Central government is not reopening Kartarpur Corridor. Keeping in mind the sentiments of the Sikhs across the world and to respect them, Kartarpur Corridor should be made operational at the earliest, especially when Punjab government is taking all the required security measures. Not making Kartarpur Corridor operational again is injustice.”
Rawat additionally mentioned that the Punjab authorities led by Captain has waged a battle against medicine within the state. “We do not believe in any propaganda over the drug issue. Government is doing its job and drug smugglers are being caught. It is about future of our children,” Rawat mentioned.
While taking part within the protest organised by Mahila Congress on the problem of crime against Dalit girls, Rawat mentioned that crime against girls, particularly Dalits, is exhibiting an upward development below the BJP and particularly within the BJP-ruled states. He additionally directed the social gathering’s girls’s wing head to type ‘Kirtan Mandlis’ (devotional singing teams) and enhance social gathering’s interplay with the widespread individuals. Rawat mentioned that quickly social gathering’s girls wing may even have a separate Youth Wing (Mahila Congress Yuva Wing) to provide a political platform to the younger girls and respect girls energy.
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