Farmers unions protest at saffron party event in Ferozepur, force change of venue

Our Correspondent

Ferozepur, March 27

Hundreds of farmers from various unions assembled outside the venue of a scheduled press conference by BJP leaders, including state secretary Sunita Garg, here today and raised slogans against the Centre for not repealing the three farm laws.

The party later held the press conference at Talwandi Bhai, 40 km from district headquarters.

The farmers have been staging a protest outside Garg’s residence at Kotkapura in Faridkot district for the past few months. As soon as the matter was reported, senior police officials, including an SP, a DSP, three SHOs and 150 constables reached the venue to control the situation.

Jaswinder Singh Saiyanwala of the BKU (Mansa), Darshan Singh Karma of BKU Ekta (Dakounda) and Parkash Singh Qadian said the farmers were fighting for their rights.

Later, during the press conference, Garg refused to make any comment on the farmers’ issue. “We had come here to discuss the performance of the state government over the past four years. Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government has failed on all fronts. Neither has the state government waived farm loans, nor provided job to youths of the state,” she said.