Patiala: BJP functionaries — including Punjab president Ashwani Kumar Sharma and former minister Madan Mohan Mittal — faced protest by farmers in Mandi Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib district, on Friday night when they were holding a meeting with party workers.
Sharma and Mittal had reached a party worker’s house in Mandi Gobindgarh on Friday evening and held a meeting with all workers to discuss strategy for the upcoming municipal council elections and distribution of tickets.
However, some farmers gathered near the party worker’s house and started raising slogans around 8pm. Police reached the spot on getting information about farmers protesting against the BJP leaders.