Turmeric and red jowar farmers stormed Varanasi to file nomination papers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi just as a mark of protest against the Centre for not giving them the minimum support price for their produce. However, the Modi Sena, comprising Bharatiya Janata Party activists, had obstructed the farmers everywhere in the town.
Modi’s government wants to ensure that the farmers do not file their papers and the BJP activists are trying to see that there will be no to propose or support their names. On Sunday, the Intelligence Bureau sleuths even raided the Silk City lodge where the farmers are put up. The sleuths mounted pressure on the lodge owner that he should provide the address proof of the farmers.
Observing this, the farmers vacated the lodge one after the other. They tried to move away from the place in the bus which they had hired but the police threatened them that they would be taken to the police station along with the bus. Hence, the farmers divided into groups and fled from the city in autos and means of transport. However, at the end of the day, they again entered the lodge with the help of lawyers and the local media men.
There are allegations that Modi brought the IB officials into the scene because the farmers did not yield to pressure from the local BJP leaders. The farmers declared that they would file their paper with the help of the lawyers and the media men.
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