The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday extended his full support to the farmers. Pawar extended his support after people on social media are slamming the farmers for creating violence and hoisting their own flag at the Red Fort. The 'peaceful' tractor rally turned violent when the farmers broke the barricade of Delhi Police and tried to enter the unauthorized area.
ANI quoted NCP Sharad Pawar who said, "Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh held protest in a disciplined manner but govt didn't take them seriously. As restraint ended, the tractor march was taken out. Centre's responsibility was to keep law & order in control but they failed. Nobody will support whatever happened today but the reason behind it cannot be ignored either. Those sitting calmly grew angry, the Centre didn't fulfill its responsibility. Govt should act maturely and take the right decision."
Amidst report that Union Home Minister has chaired a high-level meeting with Delhi Police Chief on law and order, Pawar appealed the farmers to back to their villages respectively. He said, "The way the agitation handled today is regrettable. We all sitting in Opposition support the farmers' cause and I appeal -- now you (farmers) should go back to your respective villages peacefully and should not give any opportunity to the govt to blame you."
Earlier his ally Shiv Sena too blamed the Modi Government for the violence and said that farmers' violence is a result of the Modi government not retracting the controversial farm laws.