Modi speaks about 56-inch chest, but lacks a heart that can wipe the tears of poor: Siddaramaiah

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whospeaks of having a 56-inch chest,lacks a heart that can wipethe tears of the poor, senior Congress leader and former ChiefMinister Siddaramaiah claimed on Wednesday as he hit out atthe Centre over its handling of the farmers agitation.

Questioning as to what was the intelligence department ofthe central government doing with regard to violence duringthe farmers protest in Delhi on Tuesday, the leader ofopposition in the state assembly asked it to make it public ifterrorists were involved in the protests.

“…it is the failure of the government, farmers areprotesting for over two months, they have held 11 rounds ofdiscussions so far.. is 11 rounds required to resolve theissue? ” “Farmers only demand is that- certain laws are anti-farmer, they are black laws against the farm sector- and theyhave to be withdrawn,” Siddaramaiah said.

Speaking to reporters here, he said farmers havebeen holding protests for over 60 days despite severe coldweather and some of them have even lost their lives.

“Narendra Modi speaks about having a 56-inch chest,how big the chest is, is not important, within it there shouldbe a heart that can wipe the tears of the poor.Modi doesnthave it. Has he called farmers and spoken to them even once,so far?” Siddaramaiah said.

Modi has made it a prestige issue and does not wantto withdraw the legislations, he claimed as he alleged thatthe government has become a “slave” to big corporates likeAmbani and Adani, and the laws were made as dictated by them.

The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41farmer unions, is leading the protest against the threecentral farm laws at several border points of Delhi.

Violence had broken out during the farmers tractorparade in the national capital on Tuesday to mark the RepublicDay.

Hitting out at state Agriculture Minister B CPatils alleged statement dubbing farmers protest as “fightby terrorists”, Siddaramaiah termed it as “irresponsible”.

“Didnt the government have the intelligence..letthem say which all terrorists were involved, no one shouldspeak irresponsibly while talking about farmers.Let them saywhich all terrorists or those linked to the Khalistan movementare involved,” he said.

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