CHANDIGARH: A delegation of Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) leaders who had left for Lakhimpur Kheri to protest against the brutal killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh were detained by the UP police at Saharanpur district.
The delegation led by Jathedar Ranjit Singh Talwandi, general secretary of the party, included senior party leaders Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad, Randhir Singh Rakhra, Manpreet Singh Talwandi and Bhawanjit Singh Samrala. However, leaders and workers of the party sat on the ground and started chanting Sat Naam-Vahiguru. After a heated argument between the party leaders and the police officers, they were released by the police and the delegation left for Lakhmirpur Kheri.
Earlier, on Thursday morning SAD (Sanyukt) president and Rajya Sabha Member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa had sent the delegation from the party headquarters.
Dhindsa said the delegation of party leaders would meet the aggrieved farmer families in UP and share their grief and will extend their support to the farmers’ organisations present there.
