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Farmers successful Punjab said Tuesday they would intensify their protestation to request the withdrawal of attempt-to-murder charges against respective of their leaders and representatives successful transportation with the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the authorities successful January 2022.
After protesting extracurricular the Kulgarhi constabulary presumption successful January successful the state’s Ferozepur, workplace national leaders said they would show extracurricular the bureau of the elder superintendent of constabulary connected February 11, demanding the withdrawal of the charges.
“On February 11, thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana volition protestation successful Ferozepur. We volition organise a Kisan Mahapanchayat connected that time seeking to quash attempt-to-murder charges. If the constabulary volition not driblet Section 307 from the FIR, we volition further intensify the conflict successful the coming days,” Sukhwinder Kaur, wide secretary, BKU Krantikari said.
“The Punjab authorities is harassing farmers astatine the behest of the Centre,” alleged Baldev Singh Zira, authorities wide secretary, Bhartiya Kisan Union Krantikari (Phul).
The territory tribunal has ordered the Ferozepur constabulary to apprehension each the ‘accused’ successful PM Modi information breach lawsuit connected February 14.
Meanwhile, the Centre would clasp talks with farmers of Punjab and Haryana, who person been connected a year-long protestation raising assorted demands, including Minimum Support Price (MSP) arsenic a ineligible guarantee, connected the aforesaid time successful Chandigarh.
On January 5, 2022, farmers blocked the Piareana Flyover successful the Ferozepur territory erstwhile PM Modi was connected his mode to the National Martyrs Memorial successful Hussainiwala. Due to the blockade, his convoy was stranded for astir 20 minutes astatine the flyover earlier turning back. It was PM Modi’s archetypal sojourn to Punjab aft the 3 arguable workplace laws were repealed.
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A First Information Report (FIR) was registered the adjacent time levelling charges of danger, obstruction, and causing wounded among others against chartless persons. However, BJP leaders raised objections implicit the “weak FIR”, and aboriginal the Punjab Government formed a three-member Special Investigation Team to probe the matter. After the SIT submitted its report, the constabulary added Indian Penal Code sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault oregon transgression unit to a nationalist servant), 341 (wrongful restraint), 186 (obstruction of a nationalist servant from performing duties), and 149 (unlawful assembly), and Section 8-B of National Highway Act to the FIR successful December 2022.
The farmers said they were unaware of these charges until January 2025 erstwhile Kamaljeet Singh alias Kamal, 1 of the accused, applied for anticipatory bail aft receiving a tribunal summons dated January 3, 2025. The tribunal had directed the Ferozepur constabulary to apprehension the accused and contiguous him earlier it connected January 22. The tribunal rejected his bail.
Similar summons were issued to 24 different farmers arsenic well.
However, nary arrests were made by the constabulary pursuing the beardown protests by husbandman unions implicit the summons, said Sukhwinder Kaur told The Indian Express.
“Many national leaders person been named successful the FIR. The attempt-to-murder charges are baseless. Farmers had lone blocked the road and ne'er went adjacent the PM’s convoy. In fact, BJP supporters were the ones who approached the convoy,” said Surjeet Singh Phul, Chairman, BKU Krantikari.
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The Ferozepur constabulary person refused to remark connected the contented and stated that an probe into the lawsuit was underway.
List of farmers and Union leaders named successful the FIR
The 25 accused, see national leaders and section husbandman representatives from assorted organisations:
Baldev Singh Zira, president, BKU Krantikari
Sukhbir Singh Kang, erstwhile territory secretary, BKU Krantikari
Gurpreet Singh, territory president, BKU Krantikari, Ferozepur
Charanjit Singh, artifact president, BKU Krantikari, Makhu
Jagraj Singh, territory secretary, BKU Krantikari
Jagtar Singh Bhangar, property secretary, BKU Krantikari, Ferozepur
Balraj Singh, Leader, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee
Gurbachan Singh, erstwhile territory president, BKU Krantikari, Ferozepur
Baljinder Singh alias Dilbag Singh, authorities vice-president, Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union
Sandeep Singh, authorities committee member, Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union
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Jagmeet Singh alias Jagga Singh, artifact president, Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union
Bohar Singh, artifact president, BKU Krantikari, Mallanwala
Paramjit Singh, authorities committee member, Lok Sangram Morcha
Gyan Singh, artifact president, Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union
Major Singh, erstwhile artifact president, BKU Krantikari
Kulwant Singh, erstwhile artifact president, BKU Krantikari, Ghalan
Ranjit Singh, artifact secretary, BKU Krantikari
Shameer Singh, labour leader
Jagga Singh Shah Wala, farmer
Kamaljeet Singh alias Kamal, farmer
Balbir Singh, farmer
Nirmal Singh, farmer
Lakhwinder Singh Sukhjinder, farmer
Avtar Singh, territory vice-president, BKU Krantikari
Sukhdev Singh, farmer
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