Boxer Vijender Singh says will return Khel Ratna if farm laws not revoked

Indian Boxer Vijender Singh joined the farmers’ agitation on Sunday at Singhu border and expressed his solidarity. He announced that if the new agriculture laws are not rolled back he will  return his Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

While addressing the gathering, Singh said, “I came here today as our big brother Punjab is here, so how can people of Haryana lag behind. If the government doesn`t withdraw the black laws, I will return my Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award–the highest sporting honour of the nation.”

Singh, who had joined Congress and contested the Lok Sabha elections last year, was quoted as saying by ANI.

“I’d received training in Punjab and had their ‘roti’. Today when they are here in the cold, I’ve come as their brother. Other athletes from Haryana wanted to come but they have government jobs and would have been in trouble. They say they’re with farmers,” he said.