Digital Desk: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) declared on Thursday, 6 January, that the farmers had no intention of obstructing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, a day after his security was breached in Punjab when his convoy halted on a route blocked by some protesting farmers.
According to Samyukta Kisan Morcha, protests were being held across the state over the farmers' demands from the central government, and that the farmers had no information that they were on the PM's path.
SKM in their statement stated, "On receiving the news of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Punjab on January 5, ten farmer organisations affiliated to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha had announced a symbolic protest for the arrest of Ajay Mishra Teni and other outstanding demands. There was no program to stop the Prime Minister's visit or obstruct his program."
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They also stated, "When some farmers were stopped by the police administration from going to the district headquarters of Ferozepur, they protested by sitting on the road at many places. Of these, was that flyover of Pyarayana too where the Prime Minister's convoy came, stopped and went back. The farmers protesting there had no concrete information that the Prime Minister's convoy was going to pass through. They got this information from the media after the Prime Minister's return."
The SKM went on to say that the protesters posed no threat to PM Modi's life.
"It is clear from the video of the occasion that the protesting farmers did not even make any effort to go towards the Prime Minister's convoy. Only a group with BJP flag and raising "Narendra Modi Zindabad" slogan had reached near that convoy. Therefore, the threat to the life of the Prime Minister seems completely concocted," it stated.
Following a 'security lapse,' Prime Minister Modi, who was slated to attend a rally and launch numerous projects in Punjab on Wednesday, returned to the Bhatinda airport, cutting his visit to the state short.
The MHA said in a statement that the PM's convoy, which was on a flyover near the National Martyrs Memorial in Hussainiwala, couldn't go any farther since demonstrators blocked the road.
"The PM was stuck on a flyover for 15-20 minutes. This was a major lapse in the security of the PM," as per the MHA.
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