A day after farmers clashed with police while trying to forcibly take back land acquired for the Jamnagar-Amritsar expressway project in Bathinda’s Dunewala village, Bhartiya Kisan Union leaders, including its president Joginder Singh Ugrahan and state vice-president Jhanda Singh Jethuke, were booked for attempt to murder and other criminal offences. Activists of the Bhartiya Kisan Union clashing with the police …
Bathinda Sharp differences among the farmer union leaders cropped up once again even as they worked together to make ‘rail roko’ a success across the state on Sunday. In their public addresses, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of several unions across the country, hit out at the ‘SKM, currently spearheading agitation at Shambhu and Khanauri borders, indicating …