Manjinder Singh Sirsa rushes to Rampur to rescue farmers detained by UP Police on the way to Delhi

Manjinder Singh Sirsa:Whole nation with farmers, will not allow any sort of aggression 

New Delhi, December 22 : The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President and National Spokesman of the Shiromani Akali Dal Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa today rushed to Rampur in UP after receiving reports of police aggression on farmers coming from Bareily to Delhi protests.

On the way he also warned UP Police personnel against removing flags of farmers from the tractor trolleys, cars and other modes of transport. He said that it is well within their rights to install such flags of their organizations as they all are farmers.

Late evening Mr. Sirsa reached Moga Dhaba in Rampur where the UP police has detained farmers coming to Delhi. He talked with local authorities and urged them to free the farmers as it is their constitutional right to protest which has also been upheld by Supreme Court in this matter. He said that if the police will not release farmers then they will increase presence of their supporters from local area as these farmers haven’t done anything wrong.

He disclosed that about three thousand farmers have been detained at Rampur toll plaza by UP police. These farmers were coming from Bareily. He said that in a inhuman act police even picked up people who were reciting Gurbani and this act of the police is nothing less than blasphemy. 

He said that UP police should not think that farmers are alone. He said that whole nation has stood with farmers and if anybody including police will try to use any type of force against the peacefully protesting this farmers then all the peace loving people will teach these elements a lesson. 

Apart from Mr. Sirsa, Manjit Singh aulakh,Harmeet Singh, Jasmer Noni Mann,Gurmeet Singh Bhatia and Sarbjit SinghVirk were also part of delegation which reached Rampur to rescue farmers.