Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers block Kharar highway as BJP celebrates Teej

Mohali: In a bid to thwart Teej celebrations by Kharar branch of BJP, farmers blocked the Kharar highway for around 30 minutes even as the police stopped them from protesting and entering the BJP office where members of the party’s women’s wing were celebrating the festival. High drama was witnessed when members of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) blocked the Kharar-Mohali flyover for nearly 30 minutes after the police stopped them from protesting outside a BJP office in Desumajra in Kharar. Sources said farmers, led by BKU (Lakhowal) state president Jaspal Singh Niamia and block president Gurmeet Singh Khunimajra assembled outside the complex and raised slogans against the BJP. After receiving information about farmers attempting to gherao the BJP office, DSP Gursher Singh rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area with heavy police deployment. Gursher said the police did not allow farmers to enter the BJP office and ensured maintenance of law and order. Incensed farmers blocked the Kharar highway at the flyover. Addressing the protesters, Jaspal Singh Niamia said despite farmers protesting at the Delhi border against the three farm laws and laying down their lives doing so, the BJP was celebrating functions. He said they would not allow the BJP to hold any functions in the state till the three farm laws were abrogated.

The Times of India

2021-08-07

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