While the likes of Yogendra Yadav and Rakesh Tikait must have been enjoying the disaster that unfolded on the occasion of Republic Day, perhaps belatedly, the realisation dawned upon them that as the masters of the circus that unfolded yesterday, there’s every chance that they will face strict action and a long jail term which has forced them to resort to petty excuses in a desperate bid to save themselves.
The flag bearer of the ‘Farmers’ protests, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) was quick to distance itself from the Republic Day violence and the subsequent desecration of the Red Fort.
“Uneducated people were driving tractors, they didn’t know the paths of Delhi. Administration told them the way towards Delhi. They went to Delhi & returned home. Some of them unknowingly deflected towards Red Fort. Police guided them to return,” said Rakesh Tikait.
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He added, “Those who created violence and unfurled flags at Red Fort will have to pay for their deeds. For the last two months, a conspiracy is going on against a particular community. This is not a movement of Sikhs, but farmers. Our issues remain the same and our protest will continue.”
In a well-planned post-violence strategy, Tikait attempted to shift goalposts and pin the blame on Punjabi actor and Khalistani sympathiser Deep Sidhu.
“Deep Sidhu is not a Sikh, he is a worker of the BJP. There is a picture of him with the Prime Minister. This is a movement of farmers and will remain so. Some people will have to leave this place immediately – those who broke barricading will never be a part of the movement,” said Tikait.
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Contrary to Tikait’s claim, his brother-in-arms, Yogendra Yadav had earlier vowed that the tractor rally won’t stop at “barricades” and will enter Delhi.
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Tikait who was earlier seen asking his supporters to be armed with lathis to save their lands, cleverly shifted the goalposts yet again, as he said, “We said bring your own sticks. Please show me a flag without a stick, I will accept my mistake.”
It is being reported that both Tikait and Yadav have been booked for the violence that ensued on Republic Day. ANI reports, “over 300 Delhi Police personnel were injured during the farmers’ tractor violence at different locations in the national capital.”
There have been plenty of reports that Khalistani trouble makers have hijacked the protests, but Rakesh Tikait fake farmer Yogendra Yadav denied it repeatedly. Now they say the farmers were not involved in terrorism. Over two hundred trouble makers have been arrested. If they are not farmers that would be proof that the protest is hijacked by the trouble makers and if they turned out to be farmers, that would prove that Rakesh Tikait is wrong that the farmers were not involved in violence.
Government should take strong action action against the terrorist fake farmer leaders according to the existing rules of the country. If strict actions are not taken against them they will gather together in another issue and create a bigger threat for the country .
Utter nonsense created by the Farmers and more importantly so called farmer leaders. How can they claim that those who created ruccus were “uneducated” and “did non know Delhi.” Do they know what has been done to the image of India both within and outside the country? How can they challenge the sovereignty of the nation ? On the face of it, looks completely pre-mediated, planned and executed agenda. In my opinion not even a single person should be spared and the toughest law has to be used to book each an every one including people instrumental behind the scene.
Imagine a situation that similar incident could happen storming assemblies, parliament, courts including supreme courts demanding a particular type of judgement, decision or policy ? Courts and law enforcement agencies should not take this mentality with leniancy. There need to be a lesson taught for the future generations that unless a civic behaviour is displayed, they should be ready to face the hard teeth of law.