Muktsar: In an attempt to strike a chord with distressed farmers and flay the state government over alleged lawlessness, especially related to the murder of a Dalit youth of Abohar, senior Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar on Sunday kicked off his 65-km-long two-day “padyatra” from Muktsar to Abohar. Accompanied by his younger brother-cum-former Kotkapura MLA Ripjit Singh Brar, former Moga MLA Vijay Sathi, former Muktsar Congress district chief Gurdas Girdhar and a large number of supporters, Jagmeet paid obeisance at Gurdwara Shaheedganj and started his protest march around 10am. tns
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