Farmers' protest: Opposition leaders target Centre over death of youth in Punjab

Opposition leaders criticized the Centre for the death of a youth at the Khanauri Border crossing in Sangrur district Punjab during the ongoing farmers protests Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said that he was saddened by the death of a young farmer on the PunjabHaryana border and asserted that stringent action would be taken against those responsible for itThe news of the death of 21yearold Shubhakaran was received today during the incident at Khanuri border It is very sad that the youth of my state is no longer in this world I want to ask the central government why the farmer of Punjab cannot go to the capital of his own country We express our heartfelt sympathy to the family of Shubhakaran in this hour of sorrow We assure to help the family financially and socially in all aspects After the postmortem appropriate action will be taken against the responsible officials he saidDelhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal asked that was it for this day that we fought for independence The death of Punjabs young man Shubhakaran is very sad Was it for this day that we fought for independence that one day the governments elected by us in our own country will martyr our own sons like the British We are completely with Shubhakaran and will ensure strict punishment to his murderers Kejriwal said in a post on X Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa demanded that an FIR should be registered against the Home Minister of HaryanaA 23yearold from Bathinda district was shot during police firing there is a video of it and I have seen it Unfortunately all these protesters were in Punjab territory and none of them didnt do anything wrong but the kind of action Haryana forces are taking on the peaceful protesters is condemnable I want to say to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Ji you should stand with farmers I also demand that an FIR should be registered against the Home Minister of Haryana Anil Vij in Punjab police station as the police firing is happening and he is the Home Minister its his moral responsibility Bajwa told ANIIn a post on X Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah condemned the death of the youth protestor I condemn the tragic murder of farmer during the protest who was shot by the police in the BJP ruled Haryana Such acts of violence against individuals exercising their right to protest are unacceptable and demand immediate and thorough investigation to ensure justice is served he saidShooting down protestors are common under the BJP The murder of farmers under BSYBJPs tenure is still fresh in our memory The entire nation is seeking JusticeForFarmers Every Indian respects Anna and Annadata and they will teach BJP a great lesson for murdering the farmers Siddaramaiah added Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav called the centre to make decisions to eliminate the problems of farmersFarmers are protesting they are demanding law on MSP but BJP people were advertising Bharat Ratna At least now after giving Bharat Ratna to Dr MS Swaminathan and Chaudhary Charan Singh they Centre need to make decisions to eliminate problems of farmers he said State BJP president Sunil Jakhar said in a post on X formerly Twitter on Tuesday that it was most unfortunate that the negotiations between the farmers and the central government had not fructified The fourth round of talks between the farmer union leaders and central government ministers ended on Monday with the leaders rejecting the governments offersWith Bhagwant Mann himself of all the peopleacting as the lawyer for the farmers these negotiations were destined to fail because CM Mann had every thing to gain from the failure of these talks Not only would he now be able to show central govt in bad light but also redirect those farmers also to Delhi who had initially wanted to march to Chandigarh And sure enough he has succeeded in this mission by jeopardising the sincere efforts of both the farmers and the central ministerial team to arrive at a solution Jakhar said in his postThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever