Farmers hold protest in front of houses of BJP candidates in Punjab

Farmers hold protest in front of houses of BJP candidates in Punjab

Farmers’ protests will continue at the Delhi borders, peacefully, till our demands are accepted – Pandher

Ferozepur, May 28, 2024:  Despite appeal to the people for support, emphasizing their past contributions to the farming community by the various BJP leaders, the farmers continued to hold their protests for not taking care of the interests of farmers. On a call of Kisan Morcha, the farmers had decided to gherao BJP leaders at 16 places in Punjab today.

When only three days are left for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 scheduled on June 1 in Punjab, the farmers’ unions in Punjab are targeting BJP candidates, to register their protest and asking them questions like their right to protest and why the farmers were attacked during their march to Delhi, for backing out from the promises made and for major two demands – release of three farmers arrested by Haryana police and guarantee for MSP on 23 crops besides various others demands.

In this context, today on the call of two forums –  Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM)’s non-political and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM)  – the protests were held at various places in Punjab – Bharti Kisan Union Ekta Azad protest in front of the house of BJP candidates, in Sangrur at the house of Arvind Khanna, in Ferozepur and at Guruharsahai at the residence of Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, in Amritsar in front of the houses of  Taranbir Singh, in Bathinda at the house of Parmpaul Kaur and Faridkot before the house of Hans Raj Hans.

Sarwan Singh Pandher, farmer leader said, the protest has nothing to do with the Model Code of Conduct which has come into force, with the announcement of general elections.  Only three days are left for the elections in Punjab but our protests will continue at the Delhi borders, peacefully, till our demands are accepted.