Farmers Movement Archive

BJP leaders meet press amid heavy police deployment

In a damage control exercise, a posse of police was deputed around the BJP’s Harbans Lal Khanna Samarak office in Amritsar, where senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Shwait Malik, BJP district head Suresh Mahajan and senior leader Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, held a press conference to highlight the nuances of newly enacted farm laws.All entry and exit points of the BJP office were barricaded amid heavy deployment of police. Otherwise a busy stretch, the road that leads to Durgiana Temple with shops on roadside wore a deserted look, as the cops deputed on both sides of the road prevented any assembly of common people till the BJP leaders were done with their programme.Durgiana Temple police chowki in charge Rajwinder Singh said the police arrangement was done keeping in view the assembly of BJP leaders at the office. In the backdrop, the agitation against farm laws has now snowballed into a mass movement. Apart from holding a massive protest at New Delhi’s Singhu, Tikri and Kundli borders by various farm unions, the BJP leaders’ houses, too, were gheraoed by farmers. Continuous dharnas were also being staged outside the houses of BJP leaders, including former Punjab BJP chief Shwait Malik in Amritsar. — TNS

The Tribune

2020-12-17

Amritsar