New Delhi: A group of farmers’ and khap panchayat leaders from Punjab and Haryana have reportedly expressed solidarity with former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik over the revelations he made over the Pulwama attack, and asked him to “carry on”.In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire last week, Malik said the Pulwama attack was an outcome of deep failures on the part of India’s government and security establishment. He also said that when he pointed this out, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval asked Malik to keep quiet on the matter.According to The Indian Express, a number of leaders from farmers’ organisations and khap panchayats expressed support for Malik on Sunday. “Satyapal Malik bravely exposed Pulwama. Farmers are his shield. He must carry on. All farmer organisations are with him,” Balbir Singh Rajewal, a farmers’ leader from Punjab, said.“In Kandela village of Jind district, Sarvjatiy Kandela khap held a meeting under the chairmanship of Om Prakash Kandela to express solidarity with Malik. After the meeting, khap spokesperson Jagat Singh Redhu demanded a probe by a Supreme Court judge into the issues raised by the former Governor, claiming Malik “can’t level allegations without facts”,” the newspaper reported.During the year-long farmers’ agitation against the Union government’s now-repealed farm laws, Malik, a BJP leader, had expressed solidarity with the farmers and even claimed to have approached the prime minister on their behalf.