Punjab budget session: Akalis lead families of farm suicide victims in protest march to Assembly

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

Summary:

The protesters led by Sukhbir were stopped at the roundabout separating Sector 3 and 4, nearly 500m from the Vidhan Sabha. AdvertisingMeanwhile, tight security arrangements were made to prevent the agitators march from reaching the Vidhan Sabha. Family members of debt-ridden farmers who had committed suicide joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in a protest march to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the first day its Budget Session on Tuesday. The farmers’ families were brought to the location by SAD volunteers, particularly Youth Akali Dal workers. AdvertisingThe protest was led by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal led the protest from his official residence..