Ambala BJP candidate meets farmers' protest

Farmers protested against BJP candidate Banto Kataria, demanding answers about unmet demands, including legal guarantee of minimum crop support price. The farmers, led by Bharatiya Kisan Union, questioned why protesters marching to Delhi were barred from entering the capital. Minister Aseem Goyal attempted to pacify the farmers but they continued their protest, pledging to oppose BJP candidates in villages.

A group of farmers on Saturday protested against the BJP's Ambala candidate Banto Kataria during her Lok Sabha polls campaign in the Naggal village.

The protesters asked Kataria why the farmers marching towards Delhi to seek a legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops were not allowed to proceed to the national capital and press for their demands.

Gurmeet Singh Majri, district president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh), and other protesters also asked why barricades were erected at the Shambhu border point and why force was used against the farmers marching to Delhi.

Aseem Goyal, the Ambala City MLA and the minister of state for transport, tried to placate the farmers but they continued to protest.

Majri said the farmers will continue to oppose BJP candidates in the villages.

Farmers have been holding protests against BJP candidates during their Lok Sabha polls campaigns to seek answers about their demands not being met.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha spearheaded a 'Delhi Chalo' march by farmers to press the government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops.

The protesting farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and the Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 when their march was stopped by security forces.