Farm protesters try and gatecrash Kejriwal, Mann’s Gidderbaha rally venue 

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Nov 16, 2024 04:03 PM IST

Hours earlier than AAP rally, activists Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) broke by means of police barricades, blaming Punjab govt for poor paddy procurement this season. 

Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) activists pressured their means by means of police barricades to strategy the election rally venue the place Aam Aadmi Get together nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann have been to deal with AAP supporters in Gidderbaha on Saturday within the run-up to the November 20 byelections.

Police stopping activists of BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) from going close to the election rally venue in Gidderbaha, the place AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal and CM Bhagwant Mann have been to deal with the gathering on Saturday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

Elevating slogans towards the central and state governments, the farmers led by Jhanda Singh Jethuke held a protest and tried to achieve entry to the rally venue, which was thwarted by the police.

The police authorities had barricaded the realm to handle the gang and safe the venue. When the police prevented their entry, the activists forcibly broke by means of the barricades. They have been diverted from the adjoining space, and later, they blocked the street close to the rally venue.

The protesters alleged that the BJP-led NDA was selling an atmosphere benefiting company firms and MNCs within the retail sector by organising malls and “threatening small business entities”. They blamed the Punjab authorities for poor paddy procurement preparations this season.

Kejriwal and Mann are in Gidderbaha city’s Satta Bazaar space to marketing campaign for AAP candidate Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon for the byelection.

On November 11, Ekta-Ugrahan group farmer leaders suffered accidents in a police motion when the Bathinda district authorities intervened to free three officers from the captivity of union activists at Raike Kalan village. The farmer union was protesting the norms on moisture content material restrict in paddy throughout its public sale and had held three officers hostage, inviting the police motion.

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