Patiala, May 4 - Today, a farmer died while protesting against Maharani Praneet Kaur, wife of BJP candidate and former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, in village Sihra (Rajpura) of Patiala Lok Sabha constituency. 45-year-old Surinderpal Singh fell on the ground during the protest, he was rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead by the doctors. Surinderpal was a resident of Akri village. His body has been kept at Civil Line Hospital Rajpura.
The farmers alleged that Praneet Kaur's gunman beat up the farmers. The farmers have refused to conduct the post-mortem of the deceased farmer. They are adamant on demanding action against Praneet Kaur's gunman. After this incident, the BJP candidate's team has released a video. In which it is seen that Praneet's car has been stopped. Farmers are protesting by standing in front of them. In which farmer Surinderpal is also seen. They were also seen protesting. Meanwhile, the police kept asking them not to stop the car. Meanwhile, suddenly Surinderpal fell on the ground and was declared dead in the hospital.
After the farmer's death, Shiromani Akali Dal's Patiala Lok Sabha seat candidate NK Sharma and Congress candidate Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi met farmers' organizations. NK Sharma said that the central government and national parties are becoming opponents of farmers. Farmers are protesting peacefully against the BJP leaders but here too atrocities are being committed on these farmers. After the death of farmer Shubkaran Singh, farmers are continuously losing their lives during the struggle, but the national parties are not paying any attention to it. BJP state president Sunil Jakhar has expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased farmer and said that while protesting Praneet Kaur's road show, the health of a farmer deteriorated and he fell unconscious and later died. It is wrong to say that his death was due to police brutality. Some people are doing politics on this death.