Using water cannons on farmers amid cold wave cruel Shiv Sena

    Mumbai, Nov 30 (PTI) Shiv Sena on Monday slammed the
BJP-led regime's treatment meted out to protesting farmers,
adding it was cruel to use water cannons on them amid a cold
wave sweeping parts of north India.
    The farmers have been protesting at Delhi's borders
since five days against the new farm laws and have said they
will not accept any conditional dialogue and threatened to
block all five entry points to the national capital.
    "Our farmers are being treated as terrorists and
attacked on Delhi borders while terrorists are killing our
soldiers on the border in Kashmir," an editorial in Shiv Sena
mouthpiece Saamana said.
    The Sena singled out Haryana Chief Minister Manohar
Lal Khattar for claiming a Khalistani link in the protests.
    "BJP wants to create anarchy. Khalistan is a closed
chapter for which Indira Gandhi and General Arunkumar Vaidya
laid down their lives," it said.
    "The government is using all its might to crush
political opponents but why is this determination not seen
while dealing with the country's enemies," it asked.
    In the last one month, 11 soldiers from Maharashtra
attained martyrdom while fighting enemies on the borders, the
Sena said.
    Referring to the giant statue of Sardar Patel "erected
by PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah" in Gujarat, the editorial
said Patel was also a leader of farmers and led many farmers'
agitation against the British. "His statue's eyes must be
moist now seeing how farmers are being treated," it said.
    Central agencies like ED and CBI are being used as
weapons against political opponents, the Sena said.
    "These agencies should also get a chance to display
their valour," it said and suggested that (personnel of) ED
and CBI should be deployed in Ladakhand Kashmir to help the
Army fight India's enemies. PTI MR VT
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