Farmers on Friday held Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manish Grover and other BJP leaders hostage in Haryana’s Rohtak.
Manish Grover had reached Rohtak to attend an event to watch PM Modi’s programme live from Kedarnath.
Farmers opposing Centre’s three farm laws staged protests against BJP and held the former Rohtak MLA hostage.
HEAVY SECURITY DEPLOYED
Heavy security has been deployed in the area to avoid any untoward incidents.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting the Centre’s three farm laws at three border points – Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri – outside Delhi since November 26 last year.
Over 40 farmer organisations are protesting against the passage of three laws – The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.
The farmers have been camping at the borders surrounding Delhi-NCR for months after the agitation was launched in Punjab last year.