Singer and politician Hans Raj Hans turned emotional on May 24, saying that the way he was being treated by protesters from the farmers’ community, anything could happen to him by June 1. Hans Raj Hans is the BJP’s candidate for the Faridkot Lok Sabha seat.
“If anything wrong happens to me, people must preserve my memory as a person who cared for humanity,” Hans said at Daulatpur Neeva village in Moga district in his constituency. He narrated the incident of May 23 when he was stopped by protesting farmers in Sangrur district while on his way to Patiala to participate in a rally to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The singer-politician said, it was horrifying as nearly a thousand farmers surrounded his car. He added, he feared for his life as the protesters damaged his vehicle, and two people were injured.