Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik, who also served as IIOJK Governor, has said his friends advised him not to criticise the Bharatiya Janta Party government as he could be made the President or Vice President if he kept quiet, but asserted that he “doesn’t care about these positions.”
He said this while addressing a Kisan Samman ceremony organised by Kandela Khap and Majra Khap at Kandela village in Jind. Malik has been quite vocal against the NDA government at in New Delhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a host of issues, including the now repealed three farm laws.
In January, he had claimed that when he went to meet the prime minister on the issue of farmers, the latter was arrogant and had a fight with him within five minutes. Malik also called upon the farmers to unite to change the regime in New Delhi and form a government which is favourable to them so that they don’t have to ask for anything from anyone.
Malik said once his tenure as governor ends, he will tour the country and unite the farmers. He had also justified the hoisting of “Nishan Sahib” at the Red Fort last year by alleged farmer agitators, saying there was nothing wrong in it.—INP
