The Union Home Minister on Sunday said he has never referred to the ongoing farmer’s protest as politically motivated. He has given this statement just after a day Harayana CM Manohar Lal Khattar hinted Khalistani element at farmer’s protest.

At the outlets in Hyderabad the Union Home Minister addressing the medias said ‘I never called the farmers’ protest politically motivated, neither I am calling it now.’

On Saturday he had appealed to the farmers to shift to the ground at Burari and said the central government is ready to hold discussions with them as soon as they go to the permitted place but housands of farmers rejected Centre’s offer to hold immediate talks.

Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agricultural laws on Sunday said they are ready for talks with the government but will not accept any conditions, including moving to the city’s Burari ground from the Singhu and Tikri border points, where they have stayed put for the last three days.