LUDHIANA: A day after former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal launched an attack on Twitter against Punjab chief minister (CM) Amarinder Singh, Congress MP from Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu defended the CM on Sunday, describing him as the hero of farmers’ agitation.
In a tweet on Saturday evening, in which he had tagged Bittu as well, Sukhbir had said, “Union minister Piyush Goyal told Punjab MPs, including Ravneet Singh Bittu and Preneet Kaur, that if he revealed what CM discussed with the Centre they won’t be able to show their face in Punjab. It is clear Amarinder has backstabbed Punjab”
Bittu, in a series of tweets, said, “I was quiet till now because we wanted trains to run in Punjab to avoid any loss and Piyush Goyal is the minister for railways, but let me tell you what was said about Captain Amarinder Singh ji , now that you have provoked me. Piyush Goyal said Manohar Lal Khattar is detaining farmers in Haryana and filing FIRs against them, but it’s with Captain Amarinder’s help farmers have stopped toll plazas, Reliance Group’s pumps, trains etc from running in Punjab. With CM saab’s help, the protest became a mass movement.”
Bittu also tweeted: “It was also said that on PM’s word, India accepted the farmers ordinance but in Punjab the protest was harboured due to Captain Amarinder. The Centre will stop GST refund to Punjab with rural development fund because of CM’s actions, cause he is not acting in nation’s interset as Khattar.”