“Haryana farmers say protesters from Punjab fooled their children during Farmer Protest 1.0, made them heroin addicts, vow to stop them from entering Delhi”, Opindia, February 21, 2024:

“On 20th February, News Views, a YouTube-based news channel published a report where Haryana-based farmers expressed their anguish against the farmer protests 2.0. While talking to the channel, one of the farmers accused protesters from Farmer Protests 1.0 of making Haryanvi youth addicts. He said, “Before the previous protests, no one was addicted to ‘Chitta’. We did not even know what it was. Our children fell prey to addiction during those protests. Who is responsible?” For those who are unaware, ‘Chitta’ refers to heroin, an opioid drug that has become a menace in Punjab.

While speaking to the media, the farmers from Haryana contended that the protests have been happening due to the upcoming elections. One of them said, “They are getting foreign funding. Anti-national activities are happening. But we will not allow [what happened during the previous protests] to happen again. They made us fools. This time, we are not going to support them.” He added, “We put our Prime Minister in danger in Punjab. Not again.”

The farmer from Haryana said the protesters kept repeating that they wanted to go to Delhi. “They are not accepting [what the government is proposing]. All they do is ‘Delhi, Delhi, Delhi’,” He said. Citing the protests in Delhi that Anna Hazare led, he said, “At that time, everything was scanned before letting in at the protest site. Everything went smoothly. I am telling you, stop the supply of alcohol and drugs and see how they [the protesters] vanish in four days…..”

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