Farmers' protest: Ahead of Bharat Bandh, BJP terms Opposition's support to agitation 'shameless double standard'

Ahead of Tuesday’s Bharat Bandh, protesting farmers at Delhi’s Singhu border have appealed for peace, and clarified that no shops and establishments will be forcibly closed on account of the bandh Ahead of the Bharat Bandh called by farm leaders protesting against the farm laws, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused Opposition parties of “politicising” the farm laws, saying the Congress is indulging in “doublespeak”. The Centre has repeatedly asserted that these mechanisms will remain Opposition’s support exposes its shameful double standards: BJP With the Opposition rallying around the farmers’ protest against the Narendra Modi government’s farm reforms, the BJP on Monday accused its rivals of “shameful double standards” as it claimed that parties like the Congress and the NCP had once supported what are now key provisions of the new laws. We'll walk: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav He is scheduled to visit Kannauj to stage a demonstration in support of farmers agitating against Centre's #FarmLaws https://t.co/sFFAeMClzE pic.twitter.com/dXCK516hMm — ANI UP/Uttarakhand December 7, 2020 Earlier in the morning, the Uttar Pradesh Police had sealed a road near the Samajwadi Party office and placed barricades on it ahead of Akhilesh Yadav’s visit to Kannauj for a ‘Kisan Yatra’, with the party terming the administration’s move as “undemocratic”. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that the call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ by farmers is apolitical and people should willingly take part in it Bar Council of Delhi, Punjab & Haryana back farmers’ call for Bharat Bandh In another related development, backing the farmer’s call for ‘Bharat Bandh’, the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana requested all the advocates of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, including the advocates at Punjab and Haryana High Court, to abstain from work on Tuesday, as per LiveLaw As per The Indian Express, the Chairman of Bar Council, Karanjit Singh said that a request letter has also been sent to the Bar Council of India Chairman and the chairmen of all the state bar councils across India to support the farmers’ call of Bharat Bandh on 8 December by abstaining from work.