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Distraught over vehement protests by farmers in Punjab, the BJP leaders have asked the farm unions to submit a memorandum of their demands to the party so that the same could be forwarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, rather than disrupting the latter’s upcoming rallies in the state.

PM Modi is set to address a rally in Patiala on May 23, followed by the public meetings in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar on May 24. Meanwhile, farmer unions across Punjab and Haryana have been protesting against BJP and its Lok Sabha Polls candidates over a plethora of demands, including a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP) as recommended by the Swaminathan committee. 

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Manoranjan Kalia, a member of BJP’s national executive, said that farmers should submit a demand letter to them instead of disrupting PM’s rallies. “We are assuring farmers that their demands will be taken up with the PM positively so that there is some sort of solution to their issues. Holding protests or disturbing rallies is not at all a solution,” he said.

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar said the unions should first build consensus among themselves as they were speaking in different tones. “The farmer unions should first build a consensus and sit down together to work on the real issues and demands. Presently, they are speaking in many voices,” he said.

Notably, BJP candidates across all 13 parliamentary constituencies of Punjab are facing massive protests of peasants. They are even being prevented from entering the villages for political campaigns. They are being greeted with black flags and sloganeering. Similar incidents have been reported from Haryana where BJP leaders are facing farmers’ ire.

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Senior security officials from the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) are meeting with police officials from Patiala, Gurdaspur, and Jalandhar to ensure comprehensive security arrangements ahead of PM’s rallies.