Farmer, khap leaders back Malik over Pulwama remarks, tell him to ‘carry on’

Rajewal is also the founder and president of Bharatiya Kisan Union.

Sanyukt Samaj Morcha spokesperson Arashdeep Singh said that Satyapal Malik “showed immense courage in exposing the truth behind the Pulwama attack”. He too said that “farmers have been his shield and support” and that he must “continue his efforts”.

A farmer leader from Haryana’s Jind, Azad Singh Palwa, too extended support to Malik. In Kandela village of Jind district, Sarvjatiy Kandela khap held a meeting under the chairmanship of Om Prakash Kandela to express solidarity with Malik. After the meeting, khap spokesperson Jagat Singh Redhu demanded a probe by a Supreme Court judge into the issues raised by the former Governor, claiming Malik “can’t level allegations without facts”.

Kandela is the same village where the farmers had blocked Jind-Chandigarh national highway when the authorities tried to remove protester farmers from Ghazipur border who were sitting there under the leadership of Rakesh Tikait in January 2021.

Malik had stood by the farmers during the year-long agitation against the now repealed farm laws.
The former J&K Governor has claimed that after the February 14, 2019, Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to stay silent over some alleged lapses he flagged.