Preneet shown black flags at Patran

Patiala: BJP candidate from Patiala Preneet Kaur was shown black flags by activists of farmer unions during a BJP booth summit at Patran where she had gone to address party workers and supporters today.

Heavy police force was deployed as farm union members blocked roads and raised anti-BJP slogans while accusing the party of murdering farmers’ interests.

Ahead of the MP’s visit to Patran, the farmer union members started gathering near a private marriage palace where she was to address party workers. The agitating members said hundreds of farmers had died during the agitation on the Delhi borders, but the government failed to fulfil the promises made by it.

“We will not allow BJP leaders to enter villages,” said farmers, owing allegiance to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, and raised slogans against the BJP.