Congress and AAP spar over farmers agitation and protection of farmers at Delhi borders

war of words between Congress and AAP has escalated furr after Republic Day violence followed by clashes among protesting farmers and locals at  Singhu border. Punjab Presh Congress Committee chief, Sunil Jakhar on Saturday mocked AAP's Raghav Chha, claiming that latter h asked to deploy Punjab Police to protect agitating farmers at borders of national capital. Ridiculing AAP's demands, Jakhar said even CBI cant enter a state without state government's permission.

"Don’t you kw anything about principles and rules of police jurisdiction? How can a state police force enter Delhi or any or state, when even a central ncy like CBI has such authority or jurisdiction?" Jakhar said.

Furr taking a dig at AAP leer, Jakhar asked, "why doesn’t your AAP government in capital send out Delhi Home Guards, who report directly to state government, to protect farmers sitting at your doorstep? And with 66 MLAs spre around city, why don’t you help out farmers inste of wasting your time giving vice to Punjab government."

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Farmers vs Local villrs at Singhu border

spar of words between AAP and Congress comes after clash at Singhu border between protesting farmers and local villrs who wanted farmers to leave protest site so border ros could be opened for people's movement. 

two sides pelted stones and attacked each or with sticks, leing to a furr escalation in violence.  Delhi Police h to intervene which was met with stone-pelting. reafter, to control escalating situation,  police was forced to lathi-charge aggressive mob and fired tear gas shells. Several cops including SHO of Alipur suffered injuries in clash at Singhu Border. A protestor attacked SHO with a sharpened sword causing injuries to him. However, AAP leer Saurabh Bharwaj stated that agitating farmer must have used sword against SHO in self-defence

While speaking exclusively to Republic TV,  SHO said that even after protestor attacked him with a sword, he tried to save him from villrs who came re to protest against se protestors for 'disrespecting National Flag'. 

Cracking down on attack at SHO Preep Paliwal at Delhi's Singhu border, Delhi police has arrested 44 people on Friday, including man who rushed at Paliwal with a sword.  Farmers under Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, continue to protest at Delhi's borders - Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur, often clashing with police and local protestors on ir 64th consecutive day, against farm laws.

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