Union Minister Som Prakash gheraoed for two hours in Hoshiarpur

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, February 6

Union Minister of State Som Prakash on Saturday faced the outrage of farmers, when he went out to campaign for the BJP candidates of Ward Number 18 and 19 for the municipal elections in Hoshiarpur.

Som Prakash, former BJP state president Rajinder Bhandari, former minister Tikshan Sood and other BJP leaders were at a private school run by the family of state BJP NGO cell chairman Nipun Sharma in Purhiran. They remained stuck for more than two hours as farmers surrounded them and raised slogans against the BJP. Learning about it, BJP workers too reached and started raising slogans against protesters. Later, the SSP reached and persuaded the farmers to give them way.

Meanwhile, hundreds of farmers sat on a dharna at Purhiran Chowk during the three-hour ‘chakka jam’ organised by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha. Around 2 pm, farmers came to know that the Union Minister of State and other BJP leaders had reached to campaign for the BJP candidate in Ward Number 19. They surrounded the leaders and raised slogans against the BJP.