Announcing that he was ready to step down to support the farmers’ movement, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Sunday that leaders in Delhi condoled the death of a dog, but the farmers’ Didn’t care about death. Malik also criticized the Central Vista redevelopment plan, a project in which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Taking personal interest, has said that it would be better to build a world class college instead of a new Parliament building.
These were the latest in a series of comments made by the governor, who has been directly or indirectly targeting BJP governments at the Center and states over the farmers’ issue and alleged corruption. Malik became the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Goa and Meghalaya during Modi’s tenure.
Addressing the Global Jat Summit here, Malik said if he speaks anything on the issue of farmers, it will create controversy. But still he continued his talk. He said that two-three leaders made him governor in Delhi. “The day they tell me they have a problem and ask me to step down, I won’t take a minute,” he said.
“I am not a governor by birth. I am always ready to lose what I have but I cannot give up my commitment. I can step down but cannot see farmers suffer and defeat.” Delhi borders against the Centre’s three new agricultural laws for months.
“If even a dog dies, a condolence message is sent by the leaders of Delhi. But I am sad that 600 farmers were killed but no resolution was passed in Parliament. . To oppose Sikhs and Jats – the communities that form a major part of the protesters.
“I told them not to use force against them and not to send them back empty handed. They don’t forget for 300 years. When the Akal Takht was damaged, Mrs. Indira Gandhi performed the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra Yagya at her farmhouse because she knew she would be killed,” he said, adding, “I also asked the PM to tell the farmers ‘I am right’ And you are wrong but I still accept your point of view because I cannot see your suffering.
He said that this issue can be resolved through guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP). He claimed that the army felt the impact of the movement on the central laws as the sons of farmers also served in the army. “Anything can happen. Today you are in power and are arrogant and don’t know what will be the result. When Kargil happens the sons of these farmers are sent to the hills to fight.”
He said people may someday react to injustice. “I don’t want the day to come when farmers would react,” he said. Referring to the Republic Day violence when the protesters were moving in their tractors towards the capital’s Red Fort, he said it is the right of farmers after the prime minister to hoist them. He said that there is a mention of the Red Fort in the national flag, the songs of Jats and Sikhs.
In a veiled reference to farmers’ protest against BJP leaders in Haryana, he said Chief Minister ML Khattar’s helicopter could not land in any village in the state.
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