Will oppose Modi’s visit, says Cong
Friday, 13/12/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131213/punjab.htm#8
Moga : Congress leaders today said they would oppose the visit of BJP's Prime Minister candidate Narendra Modi to Punjab on December 21. They said they would hold a demonstration against him for his "anti-farmer and anti-Punjab stance".
In a joint statement, party leaders Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Inderjit Singh Zira, Malti Thapar, Darshan Singh Brar, Ishar Singh Meharban, Kaka Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh, Vijay Sathi, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Harjot Kamal and Manjit Mann alleged Modi was working against the interests of Sikh farmers and using all means to evict them from Kutch area of Gujarat. They said the farmers were given land on lease which they had been cultivating for generations.
They said Modi should immediately withdraw a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by his government in the Supreme Court against the High Court orders in favour of Sikh farmers.
