Farmers Movement Archive

BJP leaders gheraoed for 3 hrs in Bhawanigarh

Farmers today allegedly gheraoed senior BJP leaders for around three hours at Aggarwal Bhawan in Bhawanigarh town of the district. While BJP leaders said they had gone to meet an ailing party member, the farmers alleged they were there for a meeting in support of the farm laws.“BJP leaders have been trying to create law and order problems in Punjab by organising meetings despite being fully aware farmers would not allow them to hold such events. We gheraoed them for three hours,” said Harjeet Singh, a BKU (Ugrahan) leader.The BKU leaders were holding a meeting at the Kalajhar toll plaza when they learnt BJP’s state general secretary (organisation) Dinesh Kumar along with district president Randeep Deol, district general secretary Deepak Jain and party state executive member Sunil Goyal had reached Bhawanigarh for a meeting. The farmers halted their meeting and rushed to the BJP venue in Bhawanigarh.As the police reached the spot, the BJP leaders tried to leave, but the farmers gheraoed them, forcing them to return to the building.“Farmers are sitting on the Delhi border and if BJP leaders want to meet them, they can talk to them there. However, they are coming to Punjab to create trouble. We let them go after they apologised,” claimed Harjinder Singh, a BKU leader. Deol, however, denied having apologised to farmers. — TNS

The Tribune

2021-01-16

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