MEERUT Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) activists greeted BJP state president Swatantra Deo Singh with black flags and anti-BJP slogans near Rasheedpur Garhi village in Bijnor district on Monday evening, said BKU youth wing state president Chaudhary Digamber Singh.
Farmers, including members of the BKU, are protesting the three new farm laws of the central government for over two months now.
The BJP state chief had gone to Bijnor to attend a programme, where he spelt out the achievements of Modi and Yogi governments. When his cavalcade was returning, BKU activists intercepted it and shouted anti-BJP slogans. They also showed black flags and tried to stop the cavalcade, which led to a ruckus with police detaining five protesters.
Digamber Singh, who belongs to Bijnor, threatened to announce a “curfew” for BJP leaders in villages if the detained activists (farmers) were not released.
Meanwhile, in a tweet BKU leader Rakesh Tikait directed farmers to be ready for “jail bharo” if the detained farmers were not released.
They were released late in the night after a large number of BKU activists, led by Bijnor district president Kuldeep Singh, staged a demonstration outside the city Kotwali, Digamber Singh said.
{{/usCountry}}They were released late in the night after a large number of BKU activists, led by Bijnor district president Kuldeep Singh, staged a demonstration outside the city Kotwali, Digamber Singh said.
{{/usCountry}}“We released the detained persons in the night,” Bijnor SP (city) Praveen Ranjan.