Punjab: As the Assembly polls are scheduled for February 20 in Punjab, PM Narendra Modi is scheduled held multiple rallies in the state on February 14, 16, and 17. Around 23 farmer unions of Punjab under Samyukta Kisan Moracha (SKM) have threatened to begin a protest against the visit of the prime minister to the state.
“We will be burning effigies of PM Narendra Modi at the village level on February 14- the day he is scheduled to come to Punjab for his first poll rally. Hundreds off villages will be observing protests against his visit on the day of the rally”, said Dr. Darshan Pal. He further added that hundreds of villages will be observing the protests against his visit on the day of the rally and on February 16, protests will be held at the tehsil level across the state.
Earlier on January 5, the farmer unions had protested against PM Modi’s rally in Ferozpur. The PM’s cavalcade had then got stuck at Piareana flyover on his way to Hussainiwala, with some people managing to come close to the cars. Later, PM had claimed a security breach and returned to Delhi.