Farmers Protest: BJP cancelled its programme in Karnal district due to farmers protest

News Desk: BJP had to cancel its programme at Jundla village in Karnal district allegedly due to farmers’ protest on Wednesday. Farmers raised slogans against the Haryana government and burnt the effigy of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and former BJP MLA from Assandh Bakhshish Singh Virk.

BJP district chief Yogendra Rana and former MLA Bakhshish Singh Virk were supposed to attend the event party’s ‘Tridev Sammelan’ at Jundla. But as soon as farmer leaders came to know about it, they circulated messages on the social media. Farmers assembled at Jundla grain market at 9am to oppose this event.

A farmer leader said, “BJP had to cancel its programme because of farmers’ opposition. It is a victory for farmers.”

On the other hand, Yogendra Rana said the programme had to be postponed for technical reasons as names of booth level workers who will handle booths during the election could not be uploaded on the software.

He refuted the farmers’ claim that the protest was a reason behind the cancellation of the event. Rana alleged that these protesters were not farmers.