In Hisar, farmers show black flags to BJP MP Ramchander Jangra

Tribune News Service

Hisar, August 14

The farmers staging dharna at the Ramayan toll plaza on the Hisar-Delhi road today stopped BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ramchander Jangra and asked him to tender an apology on his derogatory remarks against farmers.

Jangra was coming to Hisar from Rohtak when the farmers forced him to stop the car at the toll plaza today. A group of protesters showed him black flags. Some youths in the group recalled that Jangra had called farmers as alcoholics and those who want to dharna sites for free food. The BJP MP had allegedly made such utterances in March this year in a video which had gone viral on the social media. The BJP MP, however, clarified that he had already taken back his words.

The protesters had also stopped Minister of State Anoop Dhanak, who is an MLA from the Uklana Assembly segment, and BJP’s Hisar MLA Kamal Gupta yesterday and showed them black flags. The farmers had asked them to support their agitation.

Kuldeep Singh, a farmer leader, who is heading the protesters at the Ramayan toll plaza, said they kept a watch on the vehicles crossing the toll and stopped the vehicles of BJP and JJP leaders, to urge them to support their agitation.