Farmers hold protest during BJP meeting
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Farmers hold protest during BJP meeting
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Patiala: BJP functionaries — including Punjab president Ashwani Kumar Sharma and former minister Madan Mohan Mittal — faced protest by farmers in Mandi Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib district, on Friday night when they were holding a meeting with party workers. Sharma and Mittal had reached a party worker’s house in Mandi Gobindgarh on Friday evening and held a meeting with all workers to discuss strategy for the upcoming municipal council elections and distribution of tickets. However, some farmers gathered near the party worker’s house and started raising slogans around 8pm. Police reached the spot on getting information about farmers protesting against the BJP leaders. The situation got heated for a while as BJP workers started raising counter slogans in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police, however, managed to take BJP leaders out safely. “We protested peacefully against the BJP leaders and will continue to do so until the BJP government at the Centre does not repeal the farm laws. We warn BJP leaders not to visit Mandi Gobindgarh again,” said one of the protesters, Gurjit Singh. BJP workers blamed Congress for the protest and said the protesters were its workers.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-31
Coverage
Ludhiana