KMSC activists allege stone pelting by BJP workers
AMRITSAR: Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) activists, led by their leader Sarwan Singh Pandher, staged a protest outside the office of Amritsar (rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) on Thursday, seeking action against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, who allegedly pelted stones at the farmers. The incident happened on Wednesday.
According to KMSC activists, the BJP workers pelted stones at the farmers when they were protesting against the saffron party for its anti-farmers policies at Bhittewad village of the district. Former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu is the BJP nominee from this constituency.
“The clash took place when the BJP workers were conducting
a meeting to garner support for their candidate and a few of the farm activists turned up to stage a protest against them,” Pandher said.
“While protesting peacefully,
the farmers questioned the BJP workers over the anti-farm policies of their government and leaders. During this, some of the BJP workers of the village started pelting stones at the farmers. Four farmers suffered injuries. The cops present there acted as mute spectators during the attack,” Pandher alleged.
A video of the incident has gone viral. The activists later lifted the protest after getting assurance from the police that an FIR would be lodged against the BJP workers.
Moga cops detain 100 farmers protesting against BJP’s Hans
FARIDKOT : The Moga police on Thursday detained 100 farmers who were protesting against BJP nominee from Faridkot Hans Raj Hans during a poll campaign. The farmers were taken into preventive custody at Moga, Baghapurana and Nihal Singh Wala and were released later in the day, said officials.
Members of the Kirti Kisan Union (KKU) blocked Hans’ convoy at Baghapurana and raised slogans against him following which police detained them. BKU-Krantikari, BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) and BKU (Azad) also protested at Nihal Singh Wala and Moga.
Officials said 40 farmers were detained in Bagahapurana, 32 in Nihal Singh Wala and 26 in Moga. Farmer unions also staged a protest outside the police station in Moga demanding their release. Kirti Kisan Union, state vice-president Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala said: “If Hans Raj Hans wants to talk to us, he should come as an Independent and not as a BJP candidate. We will scale up the protest against him in the coming days. Moga senior superintendent of police Vivek Sheel Soni said that the police had detained protesters as a precautionary measure.