Amidst a controversial state of affairs when the farmers protesting at Singhu border nabbed a person who confessed hatching a conspiracy to disrupt the proposed tractor rally on January 26, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Saturday alleged that the Centre and the administration are the ones behind such a "conspiracy".
Although, later the accused
backtracked from his confession and laid allegations on the farmers that they
forced him to give such a statement before media.
Tikait alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched to kill four of them and
create disturbances during their tractor rally. The person was later handed
over to the Haryana Police.
Tikait told IANS: "The man caught from the Singhu border's protest site
was a member of the gang. Only the central government and the administration
can carry out such acts."
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"The government has been saying that the tractor rally on January 26 will
be violent. How do they know that it will be violent?" "Our movement has been quite peaceful for the last two months," the
BKU leader added.
"The apprehended man was associated with a 10-member gang. We have handed
him over to the police. Which agency will interrogate him is a matter to be
seen," he said. Tikait said, "The same people were also part of Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar's programme. It has now been revealed that the government
is behind all such acts."
"Where there is a mob, violence has to be forcefully created and such an
action is resorted to by the administration. These gangs have been imparted
training, the same people are part of the mob and commit violence. "
"We have nearly 200 volunteers deployed at various borders of Delhi who
are monitoring such suspicious people. We want a peaceful protest," the
BKU leader added.