Ludhiana, Feb. 28 -- Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) on Friday staged a protest at the Ladhowal toll plaza, suspending toll collection for four hours in support of the ongoing "Dharam Yudh Morcha" at Samana, which is demanding a stringent law to prevent sacrilege of religious scriptures.

The protesters gathered at the toll plaza around noon and allowed commuters to pass without paying toll tax till 4 pm. Raising slogans against the state government, farm leaders accused it of failing to enact a strict law to ensure exemplary punishment for those involved in sacrilege cases.

Addressing mediapersons at the site, union leaders - Kulwinder Singh Masiyana, district president (Jalandhar), Karmajit Singh, block president (...