Summary:
Tribune News ServiceJalandhar May 8A protest against the lockdown organised by farm unions urging shopkeepers to pay two hoots to the government guidelines and come out and open their shops failed to evoke any response. Around 100 farmers including Bharatiya Kisan Union Rajewal spokesperson Kashmir Singh district president Mandeep Singh Samra and youth wing leader Amarjot Singh Jandiala led the protest. Activists came on jeeps and bikes from Noormahal and made various stopovers in markets before heading back. Farmers first halted at Jandiala. Heavy security force was deployed all along the route which was led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Naresh Dogra..