Farmers Movement Archive

Kirti Kisan Union members burn CM’s effigy

Jalandhar, January 4Members of the Kirti Kisan Union burnt the effigy of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today. The members gathered outside the Reliance store in Nawanshahr while burning the effigy. They said the police had cane charged the farmers who had gone to gherao BJP’s state chief Ashwani Sharma who was in Sangrur yesterday.The members said it was their right to gherao and protest against the leaders. They also said the Captain government was following Modi’s and Khattar’s style of attacking the farmers.Notably, the farmers had entered into a scuffle with the cops. The farmers opposing the agricultural laws were trying to gherao Sharma when the police intervened and both sides indulged in fight.They also condemned the filing of FIR against farmers for throwing dung outside BJP leader in Hoshiarpur.

The Tribune

2021-01-05