In Punjab, farm group goes all out against party leaders
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In Punjab, farm group goes all out against party leaders
Description
Bathinda: Farmer organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has asked its various district units to reach native villages of two BJP leaders to hold protests on the occasion of Mahila Kisan Diwas on January 18. The outfit has asked its Ludhiana, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur, Barnala and Mansa units to hold a protest at BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal’s native village Dhanaula in Barnala district while units in Fazilka, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Muktsar, Moga and Tarn Taran have been asked to protest at Surjit Kumar Jyani’s village Katehra in Fazilka that day. The women leaders and activists of the farm organisation will manage the stages at both the places. The various district units have started preparing and holding smaller meetings even at village level for the protests against two BJP leaders for their regular utterances against farmers’ protests and farm leaders, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri said.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-16
Coverage
Chandigarh