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As the 18th Lok Sabha elections approaches, ‘no entry’ to BJP candidates posters have cropped up in many villages in the state of Punjab. “If you don’t let us enter Delhi, we will not let your leaders enter our villages,” reads one such poster, according to a Times of India report.
According to the same report, the farmer unions have accused the BJP govt of coming up with trimmed versions of the three repealed agri-marketing laws enforce those indirectly.
The Indian Express has reported that in Sangrur district, the posters by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Azad) also convey anger at the death of 19-year-old farmer Shubhkaran Singh, who died during the protest in Punjab-Haryana’s Shambhu border in February end, allegedly due to bullet injuries after firing by the Haryana Police.
In Bhatinda, farmers alleged that the BJP, if voted back to power, would bring back the three ‘black’ farm laws in a truncated form.
Image credit: Neelkamal
BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) leader Shingara Sing Mann told the Times of India that the union plans to oppose BJP candidates in Punjab, so that “when they lose, at least they will consider our objections before making such a policy.”
According to an IE report, a BJP Mahotsav in Bhatinda on March 24 saw a fierce farmers’ protest leading to the cancellation of an address by party president Sunil Jakhar, who recently switched from Congress to BJP. Jakhar’s office, however, denied this.
Similar posters were sighted in other villages, too, while several farmers organistions have been openly saying that they will not allow BJP candidates to enter their villages for election campaigns.
Meanwhile, as the Lok Sabha election campaign gathers pace, farmers are expecting more such protests across the state. One reason for this is the call by farmers’ collective, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) to “Expose BJP, Oppose BJP, Punish BJP '' in the elections
According to the same report, the farmer unions have accused the BJP govt of coming up with trimmed versions of the three repealed agri-marketing laws enforce those indirectly.
The Indian Express has reported that in Sangrur district, the posters by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Azad) also convey anger at the death of 19-year-old farmer Shubhkaran Singh, who died during the protest in Punjab-Haryana’s Shambhu border in February end, allegedly due to bullet injuries after firing by the Haryana Police.
In Bhatinda, farmers alleged that the BJP, if voted back to power, would bring back the three ‘black’ farm laws in a truncated form.
Image credit: NeelkamalBKU (Ekta Ugrahan) leader Shingara Sing Mann told the Times of India that the union plans to oppose BJP candidates in Punjab, so that “when they lose, at least they will consider our objections before making such a policy.”
According to an IE report, a BJP Mahotsav in Bhatinda on March 24 saw a fierce farmers’ protest leading to the cancellation of an address by party president Sunil Jakhar, who recently switched from Congress to BJP. Jakhar’s office, however, denied this.
Similar posters were sighted in other villages, too, while several farmers organistions have been openly saying that they will not allow BJP candidates to enter their villages for election campaigns.
Meanwhile, as the Lok Sabha election campaign gathers pace, farmers are expecting more such protests across the state. One reason for this is the call by farmers’ collective, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) to “Expose BJP, Oppose BJP, Punish BJP '' in the elections
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