To support on-going farmers’ protest, residents of village in Manglaur ‘ban’ entry of BJP leaders
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To support on-going farmers’ protest, residents of village in Manglaur ‘ban’ entry of BJP leaders
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Roorkee: Signs that read “BJP leaders are forbidden from entering this village. If they do, it’s at their own risk” recently came up at Narsan Kalan in Manglaur near Roorkee. The “warning”, written in Hindi, is signed by “all villagers”. Police have asked residents to immediately take down the signs. Villagers said they put up the signs after BKU leader Rakesh Tikait was booked on January 28 for the Republic Day violence in Delhi and asked to surrender before police. Referring to Tikait, 38-year-old Dhirendra Singh, a Narsan Kalan resident, said, “If he hadn’t made an emotional appeal to farmers of the country on January 28, the farmers’ protest would have died out. In fact, some residents of Narsan Kalan are also camping at Ghazipur border. We believe BJP leaders urged police to take action against Tikait. Why should we let them come to our village?” SP (rural) Pramendra Singh Dobhal said, “We have instructed the villagers to remove the signs immediately. We have learnt that some have already been removed. If they are found indulging in writing threatening messages again, we will take action.”
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-02-04
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Dehradun