Amarinder Singh, Khattar spar over farmers' protest

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday engaged in a war of words over farmers' Delhi Chalo march against the Centre's farm laws.While Singh slammed Khattar for stopping farmers from moving towards the national capital, terming it as "totally undemocratic and unconstitutional", the latter told the Punjab chief minister to stop "inciting innocent farmers".Singh took to Twitter for lashing out at his counterpart in Haryana after farmers were stopped from entering the state to move towards Delhi.Haryana has completely sealed its borders with Punjab to prevent farmers from entering the state for their protest march."Why is Haryana govt provoking them by resorting to force? Don't the farmers have the right to pass peacefully through a public highway," Singh asked.

Shortly after Singh lambasted him, Khattar sternly told the Punjab chief minister to stop "inciting innocent farmers".Khattar asked Singh to desist from misleading farmers, highlighting that he has already pledged to quit politics if the Minimum Support Price mechanism is ever dismantled.He accused Singh of "only tweeting" and "running away from talks" with him on the issue.Launching a scathing attack on Singh, the Haryana chief minister told him, "Time for your lies, deception and propaganda is over -- let the people see your real face.""Please stop putting the lives of people in danger during the corona pandemic. I urge you not to play with the lives of the people - at least avoid cheap politics during the time of the pandemic," Khattar told Singh