Farmers had no programme to obstruct PM Modi's event: SKM
The Hindu
“Only a group with BJP flag and raising ‘Narendra Modi Zindabad’ slogan had reached near that convoy,” SKM said in a statement
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Thursday said the protesting farmer bodies had no programme to obstruct Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event at Ferozepur in Punjab.
In a "major security lapse", Prime Minister Narendra on a flyover due to a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur on Wednesday after which he returned from poll-bound Punjab without attending any event, including a rally.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of various farmer outfits, said ten farmer organisations affiliated to it had announced a symbolic protest for the arrest of Union minister Ajay Mishra over the Lakhimpur incident and other outstanding demands in the wake of the prime minister’s visit.