Angry farmers on Wednesday broke barricades and clashedwith the police during their protest against BJP meeting in Jalandhar.
BJP State President Ashwani Sharma visited Jalandhar topreside over a party meeting and to discuss BJP’s strategy for upcoming polls.However, farmers launched a protest against him and held a dharna outside themeeting venue.
Scores of farmers gathered near Circuit House inJalandhar, where the BJP meeting was being held. The protesting farmers blockedthe entire road from Sky Lark chowk and marched towards the venue with blackflags.
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Farmers kept on shouting anti-government slogans andtried to push their way through the police barricades. However, when they werenot allowed to do so, they broke the barricades and protested outside the venue.
A large force was deployed to take control of the situation;still there were reports of clashes between cops and farmers as the latterattempted to stop BJP leaders from entering the venue.
The farmers warned if the Centre did not withdraw thethree laws, they would continue to oppose the meetings and rallies of the BJP.
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The protesting farmers since long have been raising theirvoice against the BJP-led-centre government and its leaders over three farmlaws and demanding that it must be taken back.
Several ministers of BJP in Punjab and Haryana in thepast have been stopped by the protestors and violent clashes have taken placeduring several events.