Indian National Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu on Tuesday accused activist and politician Yogendra Yadav of inciting farmers that led to the violent clash on Republic Day in Delhi.
Speaking during the motion of thanks on President’s Address in Lok Sabha on Tuesday night, Bittu said, “Yogendra Yadav sabse bada aag lagane wala hai (Yogendra Yadav is the one responsible for inciting farmers that led to violence on January 26).”
Bittu said, “If the government nabs him (Yadav) it will be able to talk directly to the farmers. He is the one who would earlier talk about farm reforms. No farmer is against the country. The people of Punjab can never do anything to harm the dignity of the Tricolour.”
Bittu also claimed that “these people are the ones getting Khalistani funding”.
Ravneet Bittu then further claimed that the new laws said the ‘mandi system’ would be closed. Accusing him of misleading the public, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said, “Where is it mentioned in the laws that mandis will be closed? Nowhere do they say that the mandis will be scrapped. They first misled the Punjab farmers and now are misleading the country.”
