Modi got 'troubled' in 15 minutes, while farmers camped for a year: Sidhu

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ldquotroubledrdquo with only 15 minutes of wait whereas farmers protested against the farm laws for a yearIn a major security lapse Modis convoy was left stranded on a flyover in Ferozepur on Wednesday after some protesting farmers blocked the road forcing the PM to return from pollbound Punjab without attending any event or rallyldquoI want to ask Pradhan Mantri Sahab our farmer brothers camped at the Delhi borders for over one year tell me they stayed there for one and halfyear Your media did not say anything And yesterday you had to wait for 15 minutesrdquo Sidhu said addressing a rally at BarnalaldquoWhy these double standardsrdquo he askedHe alleged instead of doubling farmers income as promised Modi took whatever little the farmers hadHe said only 500 people turned up at the BJP rally which was to be addressed by Modi at FerozepurSidhu also called former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh ldquoshamelessrdquo for addressing ldquoempty chairsrdquo at the rallyLater Sidhu in a tweet alleged that the whole event was to divert attention from the low turnout at the rallyldquoPM couldnt have addressed empty chairs like shameless Ex CM Captain Amarinder Singh Only way out was to divert media attention to the alleged security threat amp save humiliation of addressing 500 people on 70000 chairsThis is a colossal failure of BJP in Punjab They were like a burst balloonrdquo he wroteAddressing a press conference earlier in the day Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma dismissed as baseless claims that not many turned up for the BJPs Ferozepur rally and alleged that the state police was instructed not to allow party workers from reaching the rally siteHe alleged the government was deliberately preventing the Prime Minister to inaugurate developmental projects worth thousands of crores as it feared the BJP will gain public supportCongress leaders say that chairs were empty at the Ferozepur rally but despite obstacles our workers faced thousands reached the rally venue You should question the government why were our buses were stopped at several places asked SharmaActivists of Bharatiya Kisan Union Krantikari on Wednesday had blocked the road near village Piareana on FerozepurMoga road as part of their protestThe PMs convoy got stuck on a flyover for 1520 minutes when it reached near village Piareana on FerozepurMoga roadFaced with the blockade the PMs convoy drove back to Bathinda airportModi after landing in Bathinda on Wednesday had to take the road route to Hussainiwala in Ferozepur because of the inclement weatherThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever