New Delhi: On Monday, about 10-15 Punjab Youth Congress workers set ablaze to a tractor near India Gate in the name of protest against Farm Bills. Now, It has now been revealed that the tractor was first burnt in Ambala on the 20th of September. Eight days later, the half-burnt tractor was set on fire in Delhi.
The tractor was brought to Delhi by members of the Punjab Youth Congress and kept overnight at the residence of a Congress leader in Delhi. Five people – all from Punjab – were arrested and the car in which they were travelling was seized. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh while talking to the media said, “If I have a tractor and I set it on fire, why should it bother anyone else?.”
The tractor which was burnt near India Gate by Congress workers was only purchased to burn and to be used in protest. India TV News investigated this and found out the truth.
It is being informed that this burnt tractor is registered in the name of Sandeep Bhullar, Secretary, Punjab Youth Congress. This tractor was purchased 10 days ago from a farmer to burn. A few days ago (20 September) this tractor was set on fire during protests at the Patiala and Ambala border.
The main intention behind burning the tractor was just to send a message to the whole country that the farmers of our country are so angry with the Modi government that they are setting ablaze to their tractors to oppose the farm bills. But after this revelation, we can easily understand that this whole incident was created just for Congress’s own political benefit.
Exclusive: How a tractor, half-burnt in Punjab 8 days ago, was burnt again at Delhi’s India Gate today #AajKiBaat @RajatSharmaLive pic.twitter.com/cnxOm0hCpH
— India TV (@indiatvnews) September 28, 2020
It is clearly evident from the video that the tractor was not in a sound state when it was brought to the India Gate. The tractor was visibly damaged with parts falling off and its body severely burnt. It appears that the economic crisis unleashed by the Coronavirus is prompting the Congress party to take comical cost-cutting measures as well.
Prior to this, Congress had gone on to support the nationwide strike called by the Bharatiya Kisan Union and several other organisations on July 25. Most of the protests were seen in Punjab, where the ruling Congress government is joining the protests. Although the bills bring much-needed changes to the farm laws that are extremely beneficial for the farmers, which were proposed by the Congress party also when they were in power, now they are opposing the bills for political purposes.
