Amidst a controversial state ofaffairs when the farmers protesting at Singhu border nabbed a person whoconfessed hatching a conspiracy to disrupt the proposed tractor rally onJanuary 26, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Saturdayalleged that the Centre and the administration are the ones behind such a"conspiracy".
Although, later the accusedbacktracked from his confession and laid allegations on the farmers that theyforced him to give such a statement before media.
Tikait alleged that a conspiracy has been hatched to kill four of them andcreate disturbances during their tractor rally. The person was later handedover to the Haryana Police.
Tikait told IANS: "The man caught from the Singhu border's protest sitewas a member of the gang. Only the central government and the administrationcan carry out such acts."
"The government has been saying that the tractor rally on January 26 willbe violent. How do they know that it will be violent?" "Our movement has been quite peaceful for the last two months," theBKU leader added.
"The apprehended man was associated with a 10-member gang. We have handedhim over to the police. Which agency will interrogate him is a matter to beseen," he said. Tikait said, "The same people were also part of Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar's programme. It has now been revealed that the governmentis behind all such acts."
"Where there is a mob, violence has to be forcefully created and such anaction is resorted to by the administration. These gangs have been impartedtraining, the same people are part of the mob and commit violence. "
"We have nearly 200 volunteers deployed at various borders of Delhi whoare monitoring such suspicious people. We want a peaceful protest," theBKU leader added.