On Wednesday, farmers protested on the Delhi-Katra National Highway in Gurdaspur, Punjab, over land acquisition. During this, a Punjab Police officer slapped the protesting woman. The farmers got enraged on this matter and created a lot of ruckus. 50 farmers protesting for not getting the right compensation for their lands have been taken into custody. A large number of women are also participating in this demonstration. The video of slapping the woman is becoming increasingly viral on social media. After this, there is a lot of criticism of Punjab Police and Bhagwant Mann government.
Rail stop movement plan today
According to media reports, after the video of this incident went viral on social media, when the police faced criticism, they put the policeman in line. At the same time, the Rail Roko movement is being started in Punjab today. In view of this, Sarwan Singh Pandher, secretary of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said that this time the displeasure of the farmers in Punjab is with the state government and not with the central government. Along with this, he told that farmers are forced to stop the rail movement.
Pandher pointed out that the government had entered into an agreement with the farmers that their land would not be encroached upon until compensation was paid to them. He said that the government had sought time from all the farmers till the month of August, but after the victory in the by-elections in Jalandhar, the government is going back on its promises with the farmers.
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Politics intensified after lathi charge on farmers
Politics has also heated up after this lathicharge on farmers in Gurdaspur, Punjab. Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal tweeted that Punjabis have been shocked after such misbehavior with farmers, especially women and elderly persons, in Sri Hargobindpur. This vandalism shows the anti-farmer nature of the AAP government. At the same time, he said that the Shiromani Akali Dal demands legal action against all those who perpetrated such atrocities on the farmers.
