All over India yesterday and today, effigy-burning of BJP leaders like Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Narendra Singh Tomar, Yogi Adityanath, Manohar Lal Khattar, Ajay Mishra Teni and others took place as per SKM’s call to symbolise the triumph of good over evil.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha had earlier clarified that depending on the local situation, the program may be implemented either on October 15th (Dussehra day) or October 16th. There are reports from numerous states about this symbolic action had taken place.
In Uttar Pradesh, multiple reports have come in of the UP Police taking farmer leaders into preventive detention and house arrests to prevent this coordinated action. SKM condemns this repression by the UP Police. Despite such action from the administration, in many places, the program was conducted peacefully.
3. Police try to prevent putla dahan in Madhya Pradesh too – BJP workers attempt to attack protestors in Tamil Nadu
In Madhya Pradesh, it is seen that where farmers have assembled for the putla dahan, police is forcibly preventing them from taking up the effigy burning in places like Guna and other places.
In Tamil Nadu’s Karur, BJP workers tried to clash with protestors of SKM to prevent them from taking up the burning of the effigies.
Many places in Odisha effigies were burnt yesterday.
