{"id":111352,"date":"2020-12-20T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=111352"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:36:40","slug":"arvind-kejriwal-centre-tax-raids-arhtiyas-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/arvind-kejriwal-centre-tax-raids-arhtiyas-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Arvind Kejriwal says Centre conducting raids on traders to weaken farmers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked the central government over income tax raids against Punjab&#8217;s farm agents, known as arhtiyas, who are backing the farmers\u2019 protest against three agricultural laws. The AAP chief alleged the government was adopting such measures to weaken the farmers&#8217; movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole country stands with the farmers, who all will the Centre raid,&nbsp; Kejriwal tweeted along with a screenshot of the newspapers on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u0915\u0947 \u091c\u094b \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092a\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u0902\u0918\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0926\u0926 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0909\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0907\u0902\u0915\u092e \u091f\u0948\u0915\u094d\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u091b\u093e\u092a\u0947 \u0921\u093e\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092a\u093e\u0930\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0907\u0938 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u092a\u0930\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0930 \u0917\u0932\u0924 \u0939\u0948<br><br>\u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u092e\u091c\u093c\u094b\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u092c \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948<br><br>\u0906\u091c \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0916\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938-\u0915\u093f\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u091b\u093e\u092a\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947\u0917\u0940? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iyU4hHyX1H\">pic.twitter.com\/iyU4hHyX1H<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal\/status\/1340548060649144320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The income tax raids were conducted on the premises of several farm agents of Punjab on short notices over the past many days. These arhtiyas have reportedly been helping the farmers in their struggles during the ongoing protests. A total of 14 arhtiyas have received notices from the income tax department.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kejriwal\u2019s criticism came a day after Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh castigated the government for its clearly motivated raids against Punjab businessmen. Such obvious tactics to put pressure on protesting farmers was a clear case of vendetta politics by the Centre, said Singh in a statement issued by his office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oppressive actions taken to curb farmers democratic right and freedom will aggravate anger among them, which will backfire against the Bharatiya Janata Party -led central government, added Singh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the farmers&#8217; protest against the farm laws&nbsp; entered its 25th day on Sunday. The farmers at Delhi-UP border observed Shahidi Diwas to pay tributes to the lives losts during the&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ongoing movement. On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Gurudwara Rakab Ganj in the national capital and paid tributes to Guru Tegh Bahadur for his supreme sacrifice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/congress-reshuffle-after-meeting-with-g23-rebels\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/congress-reshuffle-after-meeting-with-g23-rebels\/\">Congress pushes ahead with leadership changes in four states following meeting with G23 rebels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, several efforts have been made to end the deadlock between the farmers and the Centre over new agricultural laws. The Centre had offered to make amendments to the laws, while farmers are adamant on their stand and want to repeal these controversial laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The income tax raids were conducted on the premises of several farm agents of Punjab on short notices over the past many days. 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