Advised by pals to maintain quiet if I wished President’s put up: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik

By PTI

JIND: Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has mentioned his pals suggested him to not criticise the BJP authorities as he might be made the President or Vice President if he stored quiet, however asserted that he “doesn’t care about these positions.”

“Some of my friends had advised me that he could become the President or Vice President so I should keep quiet. But, I told them I don’t care about these positions,” Malik mentioned.

He was addressing a Kisan Samman ceremony organised by Kandela Khap and Majra Khap at Kandela village right here on Sunday and mentioned the put up of governor shouldn’t be essential for him.

Malik has been fairly vocal towards the NDA authorities on the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a bunch of points, together with the now repealed three farm legal guidelines.

In January, he had claimed that when he went to fulfill the prime minister on the difficulty of farmers, the latter was “conceited” and had a battle with him inside 5 minutes.

Malik additionally referred to as upon the farmers to unite to alter the regime in New Delhi and type a authorities which is beneficial to them in order that they do not should ask for something from anybody.

Malik mentioned as soon as his tenure as governor ends, he’ll tour the nation and unite the farmers.

He had additionally justified the hoisting of “Nishan Sahib” on the Red Fort final 12 months by alleged farmer agitators, saying there was nothing flawed in it.

Talking in regards to the scrapping of the farm legal guidelines, he mentioned the federal government made a “half-hearted agreement” with the farmers following which the protest websites had been vacated however no progress has been made within the matter since then.

The governor additionally mentioned, “a friend of the prime minister is pursuing the dream of buying wheat at cheaper price and building a godown in an area of 50 acres in Panipat” to retailer it.

Malik mentioned the prime minister’s residence was solely few kilometres away from the farmers’ protest web site on the Delhi border and numerous farmers misplaced their lives throughout the agitation that lasted for greater than a 12 months.

“But no one came from the government’s side to express condolence,” Malik mentioned.

He mentioned he has by no means compromised his ideas and at all times raised the voice of farmers.

He claimed the farmers’ motion was the largest and longest such motion in historical past whereby there was no violence of any sort.

Malik mentioned some leaders had been put in jail after abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, however the prime minister bought them launched and served them tea.

Malik was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 when the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked and it was break up into two Union Territories.