Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab was cut short as he was stranded as he was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes due to a blockade by protesting farmers on Thursday. A day after the incident, a video is doing the rounds on social media wherein a member of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Krantikari) can be heard thanking fellow protesters for blocking PM Modi’s route.
In the viral video, BKU-Krantikari leader Surjeet Singh Phool was addressing some protesters. He said, “your strength did not let Modi take out a rally [in Ferozepur, Punjab].
Standing atop a bus, Surjeet Singh Phool said, “…We managed to block the road around 10-11 km from PM Modi’s rally venue” in Firozepur, Punjab.
“It was this BJP that had showered water on us [using water cannons] and fixed nails on the road. And now, “we forced them to wade through the waters [on Punjab road],” Surjeet Singh Phool can be heard saying in the viral video.
PM Modi was slated to visit the National Martyrs Memorial at Hussainiwala by helicopter. But due to rain and poor visibility, it was decided that he would travel by road, which would take more than two hours.
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