Protest at firm’s proposed store in Sirhind

Fatehgarh Sahib, March 28

Farmers today protested in front of a building where a proposed store of a corporate giant is to come up on the Sirhind-Chandigarh Road. The protesters also burnt copies of the three farm laws on a call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha.

The farmers, led by Nirmal Singh Reona, raised slogans against the Modi government and forced the building owner to stop renovation work. They urged him not to give the building to the company.

Bhupinder Jallah, morcha's district president; Jagjit Singh Reona, president, Kisan Mazdoor Ekta; and Nirmal Singh Mulanpur Khurd from the Rajewal group said they would not allow the group to open the store till the laws were repealed. They said they would also not allow party leaders to organise functions and enter villages.

The building owner, Madan Lal, who later joined the dharna, said he had signed a contract with the company to give the building on rent for a superstore. He was supposed to hand over the building by March 31, but he had now decided not to do so till the farm laws were repealed. — OC

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