Won’t let parties hijack protest: Farmers

October 2

Launching a crusade against political parties for “hijacking” their agitation for electoral gains, farmers today burnt the effigies of SAD, Congress and BJP leaders at Devi Daspura. At another protest, they gheraoed BJP’s national general secretary Tarun Chugh and showed him black flags to lodge their protest against the farm Acts.

‘All parties favoured corporates’

Under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, farmers have been sitting on rail tracks for past nine days
Committee state general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said all political parties favoured corporates and were responsible for the “anti-farmer” Acts
“We burnt the effigies of Sonia Gandhi, Sukhbir Badal and Narendra Modi to give a message to the people that these parties were in the race for political mileage. They always made policies that suited big corporate houses. After Akali Dal’s kisan march, now Congress plans a tractor rally to revive its diminishing political graph,” said Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee state general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher.

Tarun Chugh, accompanied by senior BJP leader Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, had to face the farmers’ wrath in Harsha Chhina village. The duo was shown black flags. Chugh tried to pacify them by promising them a meeting with the Prime Minister but the farmers kept raising anti-BJP slogans.

Jatinder Singh Chhina, state press secretary of the Kirti Kisan Union, said as per the unanimous decision of 31 farm unions, no BJP leader would be allowed to enter rural areas.

“When we came to know that Chugh went to Harsha Chhina village, we reached there. He was compelled to stop and talk to us about the farm Acts. He had no convincing reply to our queries,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chugh said, “From October 2, on the directions of BJP president JP Nadda, the BJP launched a nationwide drive to apprise the farmers of the features of the farm Acts. In that direction, we started our campaign from Ajnala today. We will go to each and every village to meet the farmers and apprise them of the benefits of the Acts. The MSP and mandi pattern will stay.”