Punjab: Clash between farmers, Chollang toll plaza staff; police intervene
Chandigarh, December 15: Tension escalated between Toll plaza employees and protesting farmers of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee at Chollang toll plaza on Thursday while farmers were demonstrating their protest at toll plazas in 10 districts of Punjab for their ‘neglected’ demands.
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On being asked about the clash, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee members told media that it is not the toll plaza employees who are opposing them but are few disguised anti-social elements trying to rebuke their peaceful protest.
Chollang toll plaza was made free by the farmers as a part of their strategy to intensify their protest. It is said that toll plaza employees had already warned farmers that this time they will not let them shut operation at toll plaza as their jobs are stake.