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Amarinder Singh Lead Punjab Govt Resort To Crackdown On Agitating Farm Leaders
September 19, 2017 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Patiala: In order to crush the five days protest plan beginning from September 22 initiated by agitating farmers of the Punjab, the state’s Congress government here during the early hours today resorted to swooped down on the houses of farmer leaders and took them into preventive custody.
Farmers protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Monday night. tribune photo
“We have detained about 230 leaders, while around 170 have fled their houses fearing action. Besides Patiala, farmers have been arrested from Bathinda, Mansa, Sangrur and Barnala,” reads the statement of a Police official. “Initially, we were told to allow the protest, but now the top brass wants that no protest be allowed and farmer leaders be kept in preventive custody,” he further stated.
Farmers of the state are protesting for their just demands which include complete waiver of the farm loan as promised by Amarinder Singh in his poll manifesto earlier this year during the state assembly elections. They further want an increase in the MSP (Minimum Support Price) from government side.
Meanwhile, the protesting farmers while interacting with the media stated that the dharna would be held as farmers were fed up with the government’s false promises. “The police are taking instructions from the government. We want that our demands, mainly a complete debt waiver, be met so that no more farmer loses his life,” said a BKU (Ekta) member while taking to The Tribune (TT).
Earlier today, DGP Suresh Arora held a meeting with senior police officers in the city. He reportedly told them to ensure that no farmer leader reached the city.
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Related Topics: Capt. Amarinder Singh, Farmers' Issues and Agrarian Crisis in Punjab, Farmers' Struggle, Punjab Congress, Punjab Farmers, Punjab Government, Punjab Politics
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