Farm leaders detained for trying to 'disrupt' minister Arora's event
Sangrur, May 5 -- Four leaders of the BKU (Ekta-Azad) were detained while they were allegedly trying to disrupt an event of cabinet minister Aman Arora in Longowal town, a Sangrur police officer said on Sunday.
Among those detained are Jaswinder Singh Soma, a senior leader of the BKU Ekta-Azad, Kulwinder Singh Soni, Happy Singh Namol and Baljinder Singh Longowal. A senior police officer said that after the minister reached the event, a group of farmers was directed by a few union leaders to gherao him so the police had to detain them. He said the farmers wanted to meet the minister in group, but cops requested them to send not more than two or three leaders. The officer mentioned that further action against the detainees would be taken accordingly.
There was no immediate reaction from the farmer union on the development. The union has been opposing the state government for forcibly evicting the farmers on March 19 from the Shambhu and Khanauri sites where protesters, demanding minimum support price for all crops, had been camping since February 2024 after being stopped by security personnel from entering Haryana during their Delhi Chalo march.
Minister Aman Arora laid the foundation stones for projects worth Rs.12.09 crore. Among those projects were a 30-bed community health centre (worth Rs.11 crore), a park (Rs.38.23 lakh) and some road construction projects....
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