BJP Leaders Watching PM Programme Live In Temple Surrounded By Farmers In Haryana
NDTV
The protesters held the BJP leaders including former minister Manish Grover hostage even as the police tried to break the tight cordon formed by the farmers
Several BJP leaders who had gone to a temple in Haryana to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live telecast from Kedarnath temple found themselves surrounded by farmers, who have been protesting for nearly a year against three controversial agricultural laws.
The protesters held the BJP leaders including former minister Manish Grover hostage for the past six hours even as the police tried to break the tight cordon formed by the farmers. The protesters demanded that Mr Grover should apologise for using objectionable language on farmers.
The police said more personnel have been rushed in from other districts to control the situation at the temple in Kiloi village in Rohtak district, some 78 km from Gurgaon. Two protesters have been arrested. The Delhi-Hisar National Highway has been shut to traffic for now.
The other leaders who are being held hostage inside the temple are party organisation minister Ravindra Raju, Mayor Manmohan Goyal, BJP district chief Ajay Bansal and party leader Satish Nandal.
