Kisan Morcha gives call to gherao BJP leaders at 16 places in Punjab on May 28
Priority demand to release the arrested farmers, to continue protests till demands are accepted
HARISH MONGA
Ferozepur, May 27, 2014: The Kisan Andolan-2 under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and SKM (Non-Political) on the border of Punjab Haryana completed 105 days today and in its meeting decided to gherao BJP leaders at 16 places on May 28 over the major demand to release the farmers arrested at the behest of BJP,
Even in the rising temperature, the farmers' spirits are high and until the government accepts the farmers' demands, the farmers have announced to stay at the borders. The anger against the Modi government is now spilling into elections as all the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab vote in the last phase of voting on June 1.
Both the forums said that on May 28, the houses of BJP Lok Sabha candidates and leaders will be besieged at 16 places in Punjab for the release of farmers' leaders. Besides, the houses of BJP ministers will be encircled in Haryana, and Cabinet Minister Asim Goyal and other ministers will also be summoned from Ambala.
The farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said our main demand is to release the arrested farmers and the protest will be held for 4 hours from 12 am to 4 pm at 16 places in Punjab in front of the houses in Patiala - Preneet Kaur Moti Mahal, Bathinda Sahar Parampal Kaur Maluka, Faridkot – Hans Raj Hans, Amritsar - Taranjit Sandhu, Khadur Sahib - Manjit Singh Manna, Mianwind Residence, Pathankot - Dinesh Babu, Jalandhar - Susil Rinku, Hoshiarpur - Anita Som Prakas, Sangrur - Arvind Khanna, Ludhiana - Ravneet Singh Bittu, Ferozepur at two places Mamdot and Ferozepur - Rana Sodhi Fatehgarh Sahib - Geja Ram Balmiki, Anandpur Sahib - Subhash Sharma, Dadu Jodh Village (Amritsar), Fazlika Sunil Jakhar. Similarly, in Ambala - Haryana Government Cabinet Minister Asi
The farmer's leaders said that in any democracy, it is not a crime to ask questions to their representatives. Aam Aadmi Party should not become the B team of BJP and murder the democratic set-up. While the PM and Home Minister are afraid of questions from the farmers and going back from their words and in the present working style, the BJP won’t get the votes during the Lok Sabha elections. They said that in the coming days, the farmers in the villages will continue to ask questions to the BJP leaders peacefully and constitutionally.
Sukhwinder Kaur of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) also said, we are demanding the immediate release of the farmer youth arrested by Haryana Police in false cases.